Sirajganj, May 7 -- Six people including five presiding officers were arrested on charge of holding a "secret meeting to work for a chairman candidate" in Sirajganj upazila parishad election to be held tomorrow.

Canceling the appointment of 10 presiding officers including the arrested ones, the local administration appointed 10 new presiding officers.

Sirajganj deputy commissioner and also returning officer Mir Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman shared the information at a press conference last night.

He said they conducted a joint drive with police, election office and district administration after being tipped off that a secret meeting was taking place at Garden Palace Resort in Kadai area of Sadar upazila, involving several presiding officers...