Abbas' agents walk out of DU polling centre without any threat

Staff Correspondent

Polling agents of BNP-backed Mirza Abbas deserted the poll centre of Dhaka University Annex Building at 11:05am yesterday, although nothing untoward happened that demanded such action.

Two correspondents of The Daily Star reached the centre well before the polls began at 8:00am and was present on the spot continuously.

But they did not witness any BNP aides getting threats from any ruling party activists or from the police present at the centre. They could not have received threats over the phone either as mobile phones were not allowed inside the centre.

However, they said that their colleagues who had been on duty at different centres across the city had been threatened.

How they came to know about this is an unanswered question.

Upon being asked, the election coordinator of Abbas said their agents had been forced out of the polling centres in Dhaka and Chittagong.