Post-Poll Violence
Habiganj BNP men get interim bail
A BNP-backed candidate and 67 leaders and activists of BNP on Monday were granted ad-interim bail by the High Court in three cases filed in connection with January 19 clash with police at Nabiganj municipality of Habiganj.
The clash took place as the lawmen went into action to stop the opposition men from holding rallies to protest alleged irregularities during the municipal polls on the day before.
At least 40 were injured in the three-hour clash while police lobbed 15 tear gas shells and fired 30 rubber bullets to bring the situation under control on January 19.
Police later filed three cases accusing over a thousand of violating electoral code of conduct, attack on the police and vandalising police van during the attack on Nabiganj police station.
A total of 25 activists were injured in fresh clash on the following day.
Meantime, areas like Rajnagar, Rajabad, Haripur, Kanaipur and Salamatpur in Nabiganj municipality wore a deserted look as the male people fled their homes apprehending police action, locals said.
Abdus Shahid Golap, senior vice-president of Nabiganj upazila BNP, also a mayor contestant, was made the prime accused while names of 90 other opposition activists were on the list of accused.
Golap, defeated by AL's Tofazzal Islam Chowdhury by 112 votes, however, alleged that the ruling party men had snatched away some ballot papers from Government Primary School Centre.
“Although I had won the polls by over 300 votes, the ruling party activists took control of the centre forcibly and reversed the results after an hour of announcement of the results there", Golap claimed.
Sources said, results of the councillorship of ward 9 are still suspended as 100 ballot papers went missing from the same centre.
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