Final phase UP polls: 4 dead
Online Desk
04 Jun 2016 09:46 AM । Update: 05 Jun 2016 00:25 AM
4 people dead in separate districts in the 6th and final phase of the Union Parishad polls- Focus Bangla
A total of four people till now reported dead in separate districts in the 6th and final phase of the Union Parishad polls today.
Our Correspondents from Noakhali (South), Feni (Sonagazi), Mymensingh (Gafargaon) and Sunamganj reported…
Noakhali (South): One local Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader was killed in a clash centering Union Parishad election in the district on Saturday.
The dead was identified as Yasin Arafat, 20, No. 3 ward general secretary of the BCL at Neajpur Union in the sadar upazila.
Duty Officer of Noakhali police control room, Ahsan Ullah, confirmed the dead to Samakal.
He said, 'The BCL leader injured in a clash at Neajpur Union and died on the way to a Dhaka Hospital.'
Sonagazi: A man was shot dead while at least eight people were also injured in a clash erupted at a polling station in Sonagazi upazila under Feni district on Saturday.
The dead was identified as Nur Hossain Shipon, 22, son of Abdul Karim in the upazila.
Feni Police Super Rezaul Haque has confirmed the incident to Samakal adding that the injured were sent to separate clinics after the clash.
Mymensingh Bureau: During a clash at a polling station in Gafargoan upazila, one person was killed and 3 others were also injured, this afternoon.
The deceased was known as Shahjahan Miah, 52 while injured were- Nazmul Islam, 30; Jabed, 28 and Mojheed, 25.
Gafargoan thana Acting Officer-In-Charge (OC), Habibur Rahman, has confirmed.
The voting in 698 union parishads (UPs) of 82 upazilas across 47 of the country’s 64 districts was held on Saturday.
The voting was started at 8.00am and continued till 4.00pm without any break today.
Sunamganj: Our Correspondent says at least one person was killed in the polls- violence in the district today.
