2 election officials shot at Noakhali centre

An assistant presiding officer and a polling officer received injuries as miscreants opened shots at a polling centre in Char King union of Hatiya upazila on Tuesday morning.

The injured were identified Shahadat Hossain, assistant presiding officer, and Abdul Awal, polling officer, at 2 no centre on the Char King High School premises, UNB reports.

Badiuzzam, presiding officer of the polling centre, said a gang of miscreants broke into the polling centre and tried to snatch ballots.

As the officials there resisted, the miscreants opened fire on them, which left the duo injured.

Later the injured were rushed to Hatiya upazila health complex.