Dhaka, Feb. 14 -- Seventy-four Jatiya Oikyafront candidates have filed election petitions with the High Court seeking its directives to hold reelection after cancelling the results of the December-30 polls, citing vote-rigging, vote robbery, casting fake votes and driving agents out of polling stations.

They filed the petitions in three days from Tuesday.

On Saturday, the candidates decided to file district-wise election petitions with the High Court against irregularities in the election.

Eight Supreme Court lawyers were assigned on Sunday to conduct the cases.

One of the lawyers Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal said he filed petitions on behalf of 12 candidates.

It was mentioned in the petitions that even dead persons cast their votes ...