The High Court on Tuesday granted an eight-week anticipatory bail to Faridpur-4 MP Mujibur Rahman Nixon Chowdhury in a case filed by the Election Commission (EC).

The local administration has imposed section 144 in Bhanga upazila headquarters on Sunday after two groups arranged programmes at the same venue and time.

Faridpur-4 MP Mujibur Rahman Nixon Chowdhury has reportedly threatened the deputy commissioner and the assistant commissioner (land) of Faridpur district the over the arrest of his supporters during by-polls to the post of chairman of Charbhadrasan Upazila Parishad.