Police have arrested two people in a case filed over the abduction and torture of Delwar Hossain, a chairman candidate in the upcoming Singra upazila parishad election.
The arrestees are Babu and Sumon.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team conducted a drive in different parts of the upazila on Monday night and arrested them, said Natore Superintendent of Police Tariqul Islam.
Earlier, Delwar's brother, Mujibur Rahman, filed the case at Natore Police Station against 20 to 25 unidentified men.
According to the victim, Upazila Swechchhasebak League General Secretary Mohan and his associates picked him up on a microbus while he was returning home after submitting the nomination form online on Monday.
Later, they tortured him.
State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak's brother-in-law, Lutful Habib Rubel, submitted his candidature for the upazila chairman post.
Meanwhile, Delwar, who was seriously injured, was shifted to the ICU of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital at midnight after his condition became critical.
