At least three persons were killed in Chandpur, Madaripur and Rajbari districts on Sunday in polls-related violence, including one in police firing, raising the number of people killed during the ongoing second phase of the union parishad elections to 16.
Thirteen persons were killed earlier after the local government polls began on May 31 amid stray clashes, intimidation and snatching of ballot boxes. The elections will continue till July 5.
Polling in 182 unions was held on Sunday and elections to 44 more UPs are scheduled to be held today.
According to bdnews24.com from Chandpur, at least one person was killed when police opened fire during an attempt to snatch a ballot box from a polling centre in Matlab upazila of the district on Sunday.
The victim was identified as Abu Yusuf Mona, 30, of Awshinpur Baidyabari under Nayergaon Dakkhin union of the upazila.
Police superintendent Mohammad Shahidullah Chowdhury said Mona had died on the spot after being hit by a bullet when he tried to snatch a ballot box and attacked police at about 10:00pm.
His body was sent to Chandpur General Hospital morgue for autopsy. Polls in three centres were postponed after the incident. Two people were also arrested on charge of breaching peace.
Police said Mona had snatched the ballot box around 10:20am from Kaliaish Registered Primary School centre. As police challenged him, Mona along with his cohorts attacked the law enforcers. 'Constable Abu Jafar was stabbed in the attack.'
To control the situation, police fired in the air first and then shot Mona, leaving him dead on the spot. A bullet pierced his chest, the police officer said.
The SP said police had fired eight shots — two from a shotgun and the rest from Chinese rifles.
He said Mona was working for chairman candidate Abul Hossain and member aspirant Habibur Rahman.
Presiding officer Abdur Rashid said the ballot box could not be retrieved yet.
Elections were suspended at Narayanpur Hafezia Madrasa centre of Khadergaon union around 11:00am following the trouble, presiding officer Mahbubul Alam said.
Nazim Uddin, presiding officer of Ghilatali Primary School centre of the same union, said polls there were disrupted around 12:10pm.
The United News of Bangladesh reported that an elderly man was hacked to death by his rivals over UP election at Natun Bazaar Dawlat Kha village in Kalkini upazila on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Mohabbat Ali, 60, of the village.
Police said rivalries intensified between two chairman candidates – Sardar Abdul Mannan and Chan Mia of Cidikhan union – over UP polls.
Supporters of Chan Mia called Mohabbat, a supporter of Mannan, out of his house at about 5:00am and stabbed him to death in a nearby place. Local people found his body beside a crop field and called police.
'Later, Chan Mia's supporters exploded over 20 crude bombs, leaving seven people injured from both sides,' said OC of Kalkini police station Shaheen Mondol. Elections to the union were held on Sunday.
In Rajbari, at least five persons received bullet injuries in post-polls violence at Babu Para union under Pangsha upazila on Sunday morning and one of them succumbed to his injuries.
Witnesses said the clash erupted between Ali Akbar, who won a councillor post, and his rival defeated candidate Abdur Razzak. Both the group traded gunshots leaving five persons, including Momin, 25, brother of Akbar Ali, Ainal and Ranju wounded. They were admitted to Faridpur Medical College Hospital where Momin succumbed to his injuries. Additional police have been deployed in the area.
Source : New Age
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