Upazila chairman beat up Gangni education officer
Gangni upazila chairman in Meherpur allegedly beat up the Upazila Education Officer over election schedule of Gangni Pilot High School on Tuesday afternoon.
School sources said, education officer Narendranath Moitra was recently nominated election commissioner by Gangni upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) to conduct the election of the school.
Accordingly, Narendra declared election schedule in all eight posts of the governing body on March 4.
As per rules, Monday was last date for submitting nomination papers.
Mosarraf Hossain, former president of the school governing body, also present president of Gangni upazila unit Jubo League and his panel submitted nomination papers to contest in all eight posts.
The election commission on Tuesday declared Mosarraf and his panel winner as nobody submitted nomination papers against his panel.
The incident angered upazila chairman advocate Shafiqul Alam, also joint secretary of Meherpur district Awami League.
Shafiqul intercepted education officer Narendra in the bazar area when he was returning home after office at about 5.30pm.
Witnesses said Shafiqul and his men beat up Narendra there and asked him to leave the upazila immediately.
"I have informed the matter to the Deputy Commissioner and higher
authorities of my department," said Narendra.
After the incident, the upazila chairman arranged a press conference at his office at about 7.30pm where he refuted the allegation of beating up the education officer.
"I am the upazila chairman. I asked the education officer to explain the entire process of the election. As he showed bad temper, my people abused him," said Shafiqul when this correspondent talked to him over phone on Tuesday night.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shahan Ara Banu said they have informed the the matter to higher authorities.
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