Member candidate, brother shot in Cox's Bazar ahead of UP polls
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Publish : 06 Nov 2021, 10:00 AMUpdate : 06 Nov 2021, 11:43 AM
Tensions are running high in Cox's Bazar's Jhilangja union as two brothers, both Awami League leaders, were shot Friday ahead of the union parishad (UP) polls.
Kudrat Ullah Sikder, local Awami League leader and member candidate for ward No 4 of the union, and his brother, Jahirul Islam, Sramik League president of the district, were shot at 10pm. The assailants had arrived at the spot riding on motorcycles and left after opening fire at them at Kudrat's office, according to locals.
The brothers are now undergoing treatment at Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital.
As the news broke, supporters of Kudrat, whose electoral symbol is football, blockaded roads, causing long tailbacks in the Link Road area of Cox's Bazar-Teknaf and Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highways, reports UNB.
The wounded brothers blamed rival candidate Liaquat, with the electoral symbol rooster, for the shooting.
District Sramik League General Secretary Shafiullah Ansari said: "Liaquat's supporters are behind the incident. They have repeatedly attacked Kudrat's election rallies."
"Member candidate Kudrat Ullah and his brother Jahirul Islam were reportedly shot. Police visited the spot and are working to maintain law and order there and remove the road blockade. Also, police are investigating the incident," UNB quoted Bipul Chandra, officer-in-charge of Cox's Bazar model police station, as saying.
Member candidate, brother shot in Cox's Bazar ahead of UP polls
Tensions are running high in Cox's Bazar's Jhilangja union as two brothers, both Awami League leaders, were shot Friday ahead of the union parishad (UP) polls.
Kudrat Ullah Sikder, local Awami League leader and member candidate for ward No 4 of the union, and his brother, Jahirul Islam, Sramik League president of the district, were shot at 10pm. The assailants had arrived at the spot riding on motorcycles and left after opening fire at them at Kudrat's office, according to locals.
The brothers are now undergoing treatment at Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital.
As the news broke, supporters of Kudrat, whose electoral symbol is football, blockaded roads, causing long tailbacks in the Link Road area of Cox's Bazar-Teknaf and Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highways, reports UNB.
The wounded brothers blamed rival candidate Liaquat, with the electoral symbol rooster, for the shooting.
District Sramik League General Secretary Shafiullah Ansari said: "Liaquat's supporters are behind the incident. They have repeatedly attacked Kudrat's election rallies."
"Member candidate Kudrat Ullah and his brother Jahirul Islam were reportedly shot. Police visited the spot and are working to maintain law and order there and remove the road blockade. Also, police are investigating the incident," UNB quoted Bipul Chandra, officer-in-charge of Cox's Bazar model police station, as saying.
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