Two people were killed in polls-related violence in Chittagong and Munshiganj yesterday.
In Chittagong, a supporter of a ruling party Awami League (AL)’s rival chairman candidate was strangled by some unidentified miscreants in Chittagong district’s Rangunia upazila early yesterday.
Md Mohsin, 40, son of Ramjan Ali of Khatib Nagar area of Islampur Union under the upazila, was a supporter of Awami League rival chairman candidate and incumbent Islampur union parishad chairman Sirajuddowla Dulal.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Rangunia police station Humayun Kabir said local had spotted the body and informed police. Later, police recovered it from the bank of Rajakhali canal.
“Inspecting the crime scene, the police suspect that Mohsin might have been killed by strangling at sometimes of the night,” the OC said.
Chairman candidate Sirajuddowla Dulal told ABC News that activists of party nominated UP chairman candidate Iqbal Hossen Chowdhury Milton had killed him.
In Munshganj, a local Chhatra League leader was shot dead as supporters of an Awami League-backed chairman and his rebel candidate traded gunshots in Laskardi area, Gazaria upazila.
The incident, which injured 10 people including several policemen, took place near Hosendi bazar of the area on Monday night.
The corpse of Md Hanif, 25, publicity secretary of Hosendi Union unit Bangladesh Chhatra League, was sent to Munshiganj Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
Police said supporters of Awami League rebel candidate Mahabubul Hoque Majnu brought out a procession in the evening, and some time later a chase and counter-chase ensued as Awami League-backed chairman aspirant Manirul Hoque Mitu proceeded with another counter procession there.
At one stage, they fired at one another in the presence of policemen, leaving Hanif shot. He died of his injuries on the way to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (Sadar circle) Kawser Rizvi Koresi said: “Hanif has been shot while trading gunshots with the unruly supporters of the two chairman candidates around 9:30pm and he died later. Additional policemen have been deployed in the area to further prevent any untoward incident, and our raids are on to arrest the alleged killers.”
Rebel candidate Majnu and his supporters went into hiding soon after the death and a suffocating situation prevailed there.
