A trucker was beaten, along with his helper, and his vehicle damaged by JaPa (Ershad) lawmaker Golam Kibria Tipu, during his election campaign in the Agarpur School area under Barisal-3 constituency yesterday.
Victims and witnesses said Tipu started his election campaign on Monday morning in his native union Jahangirnagar, under Babuganj upazila.
As the lawmaker and his entourage reached Agorpur School of Birshrestha, Jahangirnagar union, about one kilometer from his village home, they were faced with a truck loading fuel wood on the road which became too narrow for the lawmaker’s vehicle to get past.
At this the lawmaker got angry, came out of his vehicle, and hurled abuse at the trucker, Harun Haoladar, and his helper Md Sohag.
“We were trying to leave room for the lawmaker’s vehicle to get past, but still he abused us verbally, beat us and broke a wing mirror of the truck,” Harun said.
In reply to a question as to whether they would take legal action against the lawmaker, the transport workers said they were mere labourers and dared not go for legal action.
They added that they only sought the justice from almighty Allah.
Jahangir Hossain, a fuel wood trader, also alleged that the JaPa lawmaker assaulted him.
He would opt for legal action against the JaPa parliamentarian after consulting Mantu Bepari, the Fuel Wood Traders Association president, said Jahangir. Tipu was not available for comment.
