Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- A mobile court has sentenced a man to three years in prison for stealing ballot paper books from a polling station in the Sherpur-1 Sadar constituency.

The incident occurred around 10am on Thursday at the Nalbaid South Government Primary School polling centre in Chormochoriya Union, said Presiding Officer Md Shahidul Islam.

He said three ballot paper books were stolen from the centre in the morning, prompting a temporary suspension of voting.

Law enforcing agencies arrived shortly afterward and brought the situation under control. Voting later resumed.

Shahidul said the three stolen ballot paper books were recovered about 40 minutes after the incident.

In one of the books, officials found 53 ballot papers already se...