Post-UP election violence after 6 months: 1 killed
One person was killed and another critically injured by their rivals in Kotakol launch terminal area under Lohagara upazila of Narail district yesterday.
The deceased is Akkas Sheikh, 50, son of Arik Sheikh, and the injured is Sifat Sheikh, 40, brother of Arik Sheikh of Kotakol village.
Locals said a rivalry between Kotakol Union Parishad (UP) Chairman Khan Jahangir Alam and Hemayet Hossain Biswas Himu of Kotakol village surfaced over the election in the union held on June 26 this year.
Alam won the election, defeating his rival candidate Himu. Both belong to the ruling Awami League. Alam was an AL rebel candidate while Himu backed by the party.
Akkas and Sifat directly campaigned against Alam and sought vote for Himu during the election, locals said, adding that the attack on the two was in revenge for that.
Alam's supporters swooped on Sifat at the launch terminal at around 8:30am, beat him up and cut a tendon of his right leg.
As Akkas came to the spot to rescue his nephew, Alam's men beat him dead and left the scene. Sifat was admitted to Lohagara Health Complex.
Lohagara police reached the spot at around 9:30am, recovered the body and sent it to Narail Sadar Hospital for autopsy. No case in connection with the incident was filed with the police station concerned as of 5:00pm yesterday.
After the UP election, the supporters of Himu led by Dulu Munshi attacked 15 houses of their rivals at Kotakol village and injured at least 20 people, villagers said.
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