One more person died in union parishad polls-related violence raising the toll in the second phase of the staggered local body polls to 27.
Polling took place on the day in 212 unions to elect new local councils at the tier amid stray clashes, leaving at least 100 injured.
Elections would be held in 83 unions today.
Marked by clashes, intimidation and ballot box snatching, the staggered union parishad polls began on May 31 and are set to continue until July 5.
Quoting the police and BGB, United News of Bangladesh reports from Khagrachhari, injured in a clash between the supporters of two UP chairman candidates at Tabalchhari in Matiranga upazila Friday evening 38-year old Abul Kalam died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital Saturday morning.
They said that at least four others were injured in the clashes between the supporters of chairman candidates Abul Kashem Bhuiyan and Abdul Kadir.
The police said that they had to baton charge and fire blank shots to disperse the two rival groups to bring the situation under control.
Kalam was shifted to CMCH from the district hospital where he was first taken.
Meanwhile, seven others were injured as the supporters of Abul Kashem Bhuiyan attacked the supporters of BNP backed chairman candidate Ali Hossain Bakul on Friday.
Additional police superintendent Delwar Hossain Saydee confirmed the incident.
In Comilla, polling at a centre in Homna upazila was suspended after three ballot boxes were snatched by unruly supporters of a candidate, who clashed with the police leaving at least 10 people injured on Saturday.
Local people said that the supporters of Awami League-backed chairman candidate Abul Bashar Mollla of Chander Char union parishad forcibly took away three ballot boxes from Ramkrishnapur Kamal Smrity Girls' High School polling centre at about 12.30 PM.
When the police on-duty tried to prevent them, a clash ensued.
The police said that even after firing eight blank shots they could not prevent the Bashar Mollah's supporters from decamping with the ballot boxes.
The EC suspended the polling at the centre following the incident.
New Age correspondent in Sirajganj reports that Enamunl Haque, the chairman elect of Bahuli union parishad in Sirajganj Sadar upazila was arrested Saturday morning on the charge of vandalising a police vehicle and attacking the police on 15 June, only to set free four hours later under pressure from the ruling party.
A police team led by ASP Kanai Lal Saha and the circle SP had arrested him from the upazila town.
The Sadar police station officer-in-charge Md Mostafa Harun said that the circle SP, who arrested the chairman had to order his release on bail on pressure of local AL leaders.
Kanai Lal Shah said the police, which can arrest any person for his crime has the right to set him free on bail.
Our Correspondent in Savar reported that mobile courts had fined 41 candidates for violating the election code of conduct ahead of the polling at Savar upazila in last three days.
Of them, nine are vying for the position of chairman and 32 others for membership, some of them women.
The mobile court, led by UNO Jahid Hasen Panir also realised about Tk 2, 45,000 in fines from the candidates.
New Age correspondent in Jamalpur reported that a mobile court fined a man for influencing voters during Saturday's polling in Sarishabari upazila.
Source : New Age
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