Bithar's wife elected councillor
Professor Runu Reza was yesterday officially declared elected as councillor of ward no 24 of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) in the by-election held on Tuesday.
According to Returning officer Bibhor Kumar Biswas, Runu Reza, wife of slain ward councillor Shahid Iqbal Bithar, polled 5,177 votes while her nearest rival Shamsher Ali Mintu 3,477 votes.
The seat fell vacant after Shahid Iqbal Bithar was gunned down by extremists in front of his residence at Mussalmanpara under Khulna Sadar Police Station on the night of July 11 last year.
Of the 23,752 voters, 13,206 exercised their right to franchise in the by-election. Seventy-one ballots were cancelled.
Runa Reza said the murder of her husband Bithar, also a central Jubo League member, was a sequel to intra-party feud in Khulna Awami League. She also blamed a group of Khulna AL leaders for preventing police from submitting the chargesheet in the murder case to the court.
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