Post-polls Violence
Over 1,000 sued, 25 BNP men held in Nabiganj
Police sued over 1,000 people after Wednesday's post -polls violence in Nabiganj municipality of Habiganj district and arrested 25 BNP and JCD men yesterday in connection with the incident.
At least 40 people, including eight policemen, were injured in post-election violence in the municipality.
Police were trying to disperse a crowd that gathered to bring out a procession protesting alleged irregularities in Tuesday's polls in which BNP-backed mayoral candidate Abdus Shahid Golap lost to the Awami League-backed candidate by 112 votes.
A clash broke out and police used 30 rubber bullets and lobbed 15 tear-gas canisters.
Locals said a police contingent led by the officer-in-charge of Nabiganj Police Station went to Hajari Community Centre around 4:00pm and asked the protesters to stop their rally and marching in a procession.
At one stage police resorted to charging truncheons.
The protesters vandalised a police van and had the contingent of police pinned down.
On information, another contingent of police reached the scene and fired about 30 rubber bullets to free the surrounded policemen. It aggravated the situation and the agitators chased the police into the police station. They also pelted them with brickbats and police resorted to tear gas.
Abdus Shahid Golap claimed that ruling party men took control of Sinimpur School polling centre around 10:00pm Tuesday and manipulated its result that eventually cost him his victory.
Residents of Rajnagar, Rajabad, Haripur, Kanaipur and Salamatpur areas of the municipality had left their homes after police filed three cases.
Our Tangail correspondent reported that at least 10 people were injured and 12 shops ransacked in post election violence at Gopalpur and Madhupur municipalities of the district on Tuesday and Wednesday.
In Gopalpur, supporters of the defeated Awami League (AL) mayoral candidate Rakibul Haque Sana ransacked seven shops of the supporters of mayor-elect Jahangir Alam Rubel at Gopalpur Bazar and beat four employees of shops on Wednesday.
Hearing the news, Rubel's men rushed to the bazaar and ransacked two shops of defeated Sana's supporters..
In Madhupur, supporters of the defeated AL mayoral candidate Abu Khan beat up five workers of mayoe-elect Sarkar Shahid at Natun Bazar on Tuesday evening. They also ransacked five shops at the bazaar.
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