Hundreds of people across the country were injured in post-poll violence yesterday.
Our Bagerhat correspondent said at least 100 people were injured in several clashes at Moralganj upazila. The injured were taken to Moralganj upazila health complex.
Police Super Nizamul Haque told the Dhaka Tribune that they were ready to tackle the post-poll violence.
According to our Panchagarh correspondent, supporters of a defeated chairman candidate vandalised the Tetulia upazila council office in the afternoon, leaving six people injured.
The agitating supporters of Awami League-backed candidate Tahmid Milton gathered in front of the office and demanded a re-election.
At one stage, they went berserk and started vandalising the office. To bring the situation under control, police fired blank shots.
BNP-nominated candidate Md Rafiqul Islam had won the chairman post in the March 22 union parishad election.
In Sirajganj, supporters of a newly-elected member at Raiganj union parishad vandalised the home of the defeated candidate, leaving 10 people injured.
Police arrested three people in connection with the attack.
Defeated candidate Shariful Islam told the Dhaka Tribune that supporters of Mosarraf Hossain, carrying local-made weapons, ransacked his house and looted valuables from there. They also kidnapped one of his supporters from the spot.
In Habiganj, at least 15 people were injured in post-poll violence at Ajmiganj upazila.
A total of 20 people were injured in post-poll violence at Koira upazila in Khulna.
President of Koira upazila unit Awami League GM Mohsin Reza told the Dhaka Tribune that after winning the union parishad election, supporters of opposition candidate Shafiqul Islam created mayhem in the locality.
“They are assaulting my supporters and vandalising their houses,” he said.
Shafiqul Islam, however, said none of his supporters are involved in the violence which has taken place in the upazila.
On March 22, a total of 11 people were killed and hundreds injured in poll-related violence.
In Pirojpur, at least five were killed when Border Guard Bangladesh members opened fire on a group of people trying to snatch ballot boxes in the district’s Mathbaria upazila.
In Sirajganj, a woman was killed in a clash between supporters of two UP candidates at Dhangara UP. She was the mother-in-law of Nawab Ali, who won the poll.
In Jhalakathi, a clash between rival candidates at the Sadar upazila’s Nabagram UP killed Abul Kashem Sikdar, 60, the brother of member candidate Chunnu Sikdar.
In Bogra, Awami League Jabed Ali Bhuiyan and 10 others were critically injured when supporters of BNP-backed candidate Abdul Majid attacked supporters of the AL-nominated candidate Golam Mustafa Tuku. Abdul Majid won the poll.
Jabed was taken to Jamalpur Sadar Hospital from where he was shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
In Teknaf, three people were killed in a gunfight between supporters of the Awami League candidate and the rival aspirant over counting ballot papers at Shahfarid Dwip under Teknaf’s Shaparan union.
The chairman elections will see the direct participation of political parties for the first time this year. The first phase of the election was held on March 22.
The election of other phases will be held on March 31, April 23, May 7, May 28 and June 4.
