Two separate cases have been filed against 1,000 unidentified people in connection with the attack on the police, obstructing government work and attempting to rob EVMs in Gopalganj Sadar upazila Latifpur Union Parishad polls.
Gopalganj Sadar police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Jabed Masud confirmed.
On Monday night, Gopalganj Sadar police station Sub-Inspector (SI) Ganesh Biswas and Ward No 5 Charmanikdah Government Primary School Presiding Officer Salim Talukder filed the cases as plaintiffs.
At least 25 people, including 10 policemen and Ansar members, were injured when supporters of the defeated candidates Matiar Rahman Fakir, Palu Molla and Ibrahim Kazi launched an attack on law enforcers and election officers on Monday evening.
They demanded the cancellation of the polls and tried to snatch the electoral material.
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As a result, a clash with the law-enforcement forces took place in the area, leaving at least 25 people, including the OC of Sadar police station among 10 members of the law enforcers, injured.
At that time, the attackers vandalized the vehicles of Gopalganj Sadar Assistant Commissioner (Land) and OC.
Later, police managed to bring the situation under control by firing shotgun shots.
Two people were arrested in this connection.
