Oikyafront candidate Prof Abu Sayeed’s motorcade attacked in Pabna

The motorcade of Professor Abu Sayeed, an Oikyafront candidate for Pabna-1 constituency, came under attack in Santhia upazila of Pabna today.

His car was severely damaged in the attack around 1:00pm, our Pabna correspondent reports quoting officer-in-charge of Santhia Police Station Jahangir Hossain.

No one was injured in the incident, the OC said.

Abu Sayeed was going to Dhopadaho village in the upazila for electioneering from his village in Bera upazila, reports the correspondent.

WHO IS ABU SAYEED?

Prof Abu Sayeed was a former Awami League state minister for information but joined the Gonoforum, a component of the Jatiya Oikyafront on November 26.

HOW HAS ELECTIONEERING UNFOLDED SO FAR?

Violence over electioneering continued for the fourth consecutive day today with reports of sporadic attacks and clashes in the city and different districts.

Two Jubo League and Awami League leaders were killed in Noakhali and Faridpur on the second day of the election campaign.

The BNP blamed Awami League men for most of the attacks which took place yesterday in Dhaka, Chattogram, Gazipur, Cumilla, Joypurhat, Natore, Khulna, Chandpur and Narayanganj district, although AL men denied the allegations.

Meanwhile, police arrested around 30 BNP men, including its central organising secretary Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu, in separate drives in different districts on Tuesday night and yesterday.