Dhaka, Feb. 19 -- Video footage captured by closed-circuit cameras at the polling stations of the recent general election and referendum would be preserved at the offices of assistant returning officers.

The Election Commission has taken the decision to preserve the video footage of two days - the day before the voting and the voting day- with a view to using these as documents.

The Commission on Thursday issued the directives to the 69 returning officers -- two divisional commissioners (Dhaka and Chattogram), three regional election officers (Dhaka, Chattogram and Khulna) and 64 Districts' deputy commissioners-to store the video footage.

The EC in a letter signed by EC Deputy Secretary Mohammad Monir Hossain asked the returning office...