Election to NCC ward-2 for councillor post today
Election will be held today for the post of councillor of ward no-2 of Narayangaj City Corporation, which felt vacant after its councillor Nazrul Islam was killed along with six others in April this year.
Seven people, including Nazrul Islam, who was also a panel mayor of NCC, and lawyer Chandan Sarkar, were abducted in Narayanganj on April 27.
Three days later, six bodies were found floating in the Shitalakkhya, while the other was recovered from the river the following day.
Nazrul's widow Selina Islam, Siddirganj BNP's joint secretary Ikbal Hossain, and Masud Rana are contesting the poll.
The voting will start at 8:00am and end at 4:00pm. Total 16,629 people have been registered as voters for casting ballots.
Police, Boarder Guard Bangladesh and Rapid Action
Battalion will be on duty at the polling centres, said the district election office.
Election campaigns have been stopped since Thursday midnight.
The ward-2 covers the areas of Siddirganj's Mijmiji, Painadi, Mouchak, Notun Moholla, Abdul Ali Pool, Hirajhil and Mitali Market.
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