Staff Reporter :
A union parishad chairman was reportedly shot dead by his friends and relatives over the school managing committee election results in Tongibari upazila of Munshiganj district on Sunday.
The deceased HM Suman Haldar, 45, son of Piar Hossain Halder, was chairman of Panchgaon union parishad.
Police also detained three people for interrogation in this connection.
The arrested persons have been identified as Kawsar Haldar, Sheikh Noor, brother of Milenur, and Bhola’s brother Nur Hossain from the spot. Police are trying to arrest Nur Mohammad Bhola.
Shoyeb Ali, officer-in-charge of Tongibari Police Station, confirmed the matter to the media and said that Nur Mohammad Bhola opened fire on his friend Sumon Haldar, a supporter of winning president candidate Moniruzzaman, at Panchgaon Wahed Ali Dewan High School veranda in the afternoon when the election result was announced, leaving him injured.
Later, he was taken to a hospital where duty doctors declared him dead.
After the incident, a tense situation has been prevailing in the area over the issue.
Additional police have been deployed to avoid further trouble.