Swedish ambassador to Dhaka Johan Frisell inadvertently got a taste of the rough politics in Bangladesh, as he found himself caught in the middle of a serious clash between two rival councilor candidates’ supporters when independent candidate Haji Selim raised allegations of fake vote casting against Awami League-backed candidate Iar Mohammad Iaru at Kobi Nazrul Government College polling centre at Laxmibazar.
The fight broke out when the Swedish envoy was visiting the centre Ambassador Frisell was visibly shaken, and sweating nervously as he took shelter in the first floor of the centre.
However, Ambassador Frisell sportingly told UNB he has witnessed such election-related violence before in some other countries.