Dhaka, June 30 -- Despite winning the vote for the Chattogram-4 parliamentary seat, BNP candidate Aslam Chowdhury has been barred from taking office due to defaulting on a loan.

The four-member bench of the Supreme Court's Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury scrapped Aslam's candidacy in a decision on Tuesday, suspending the results of the election.

Lawyers Miftah Uddin Chowdhury and AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon represented Aslam at the court hearing.

Lawyer Mohammad Shishir Manir and Barrister ASM Shahriar Kabir represented the Jamaat-e-Islami candidate for the seat, Anwar Siddique. They were accompanied by Md Azim Uddin Patwary.

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