Chandpur Municipal Polls: 1 killed, 6 hurt in violence, AL man wins
AL-backed mayoral candidate Zillur Rahman won the Chandpur municipality polls yesterday.
A youth was killed and six others were injured in violence over Chandpur municipality elections.
The dead, Yasin, 18, of Koralia area of the municipality, was an Awami League activist.
Meanwhile, BNP mayoral candidate Akhter Hossain Majhi boycotted the polls around 2:30pm yesterday, alleging irregularities and attacks on their activists.
Witnesses said Yasin, a supporter of an AL councillor candidate, locked in an altercation over a trifling matter with another supporter of the candidate Saeed outside the Gani Model High School polling station in Koralia area around noon.
At one stage, Saeed stabbed Yasin indiscriminately, leaving him critically injured. Yasin was rushed to Chandpur Sadar Hospital. He died on the the way to Dhaka Medical College.
Addressing a press conference at his election office in Chandpur town, BNP mayoral candidate Akhter Hossain alleged that their activists Jewel Dewan, Shahriar, Ibrahim Khalil, Tajul Islam and Momin were injured as AL activists attacked them outside the same polling centre around 11:00am.
Another BNP activist Jalil Majhi was injured in an AL activist attack outside the Sabdar Khan Government Primary School polling centre, he alleged.
Voting at the Chandpur municipality election began at 52 centres at 9:00am. Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were used in 15 wards of the municipality polls that continued till 5:00pm.
There were three candidates for the post of mayor in the polls. Fifty candidates contested for 15 general councillor posts in 15 wards and 14 candidates for five reserved women councillor posts.
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