<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Police have arrested a man in connection with the assault on the independent candidate for the Dhaka-17 by-election, Ashraful Alom alias Hero Alom.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also read: EC wants to form judicial inquiry committee to investigate attack on Hero Alam</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Talukder Masud, president of the Karwanbazar Pick-up Owners Association, was arrested on Thursday afternoon, said Sub-inspector Nur Uddin of Banani Police Station.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"So far, we have arrested 10 people in connection with the incident. Efforts are on to nab the rest through video footage," he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hero Alam was attacked by some miscreants while he was leaving the Banani Bidyaniketan School polling centre on July 17. He returned home after receiving treatment at a hospital. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>