6 injured in Bhola pre-poll violence
Our Correspondent :
In yet another instance of violence centring around the municipal elections in Bangladesh, supporters of two councillor candidates of Ward-1 of Bhola municipality became embroiled in multiple clashes on Wednesday, leaving six people injured.
The clashes took place in Bhadrar Pole and Stadium Road areas in the city.
Abinash Nandi, one of the councillor candidates, called a press conference after the incidents and claimed that the followers of his rival candidate Manjurul Islam had
attacked and severely injured him and his followers in the morning.
He also said he was preparing to file a case in this connection.
Denying the allegations, Manjurul Islam shifted the blame on to Abinash Nandi and said he [Manjurul] and his followers were the ones who were attacked.
Elections to Bhola municipality will be held in the fifth phase of the municipality polls on February 28.
Meanwhile, in Jhalakathi, miscreants vandalized and set fire to the office of the Awami League mayoral candidate Abdul Wahed Khan in the district’s Nalchity municipal area early on Wednesday.
Office chairs and tables, banners and countless posters were burnt in the incident.
In yet another instance of violence centring around the municipal elections in Bangladesh, supporters of two councillor candidates of Ward-1 of Bhola municipality became embroiled in multiple clashes on Wednesday, leaving six people injured.
The clashes took place in Bhadrar Pole and Stadium Road areas in the city.
Abinash Nandi, one of the councillor candidates, called a press conference after the incidents and claimed that the followers of his rival candidate Manjurul Islam had
attacked and severely injured him and his followers in the morning.
He also said he was preparing to file a case in this connection.
Denying the allegations, Manjurul Islam shifted the blame on to Abinash Nandi and said he [Manjurul] and his followers were the ones who were attacked.
Elections to Bhola municipality will be held in the fifth phase of the municipality polls on February 28.
Meanwhile, in Jhalakathi, miscreants vandalized and set fire to the office of the Awami League mayoral candidate Abdul Wahed Khan in the district’s Nalchity municipal area early on Wednesday.
Office chairs and tables, banners and countless posters were burnt in the incident.
