At least 60 people including six police personnel were injured yesterday in Awami League intra party clashes in different upazilas of Gazipur, Chandpur, Munshiganj and Comilla districts over the upcoming third phase upazila polls.
Our Gazipur correspondent reports: At least 50 people including five police personnel were injured in a clash between two AL chairman aspirants.
Witness said supporters of Gazipur Awami League backed candidate Iqbal Hossain stayed in front of the upazila AL office while the supporters of another candidate of AL-Abdul Jalil were campaigning in the area. When both groups were trying to take position in the upazila AL office, clashes started between them.
Amir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Shrepur police station, said supporters of Iqbal Hossain entered the town firing bullets and exploding cocktails. To bring the situation under control the police fired 41 bullets.
Member of municipal Chattra League Al Amin, son of Abul Hossain was critically injured during the clash.
All kinds shops were shutdown and the tense situation were prevailing in the area till filing the report.
Chandpur correspondent reports: At least 20 people including three police personnel and journalists were injured in clashes between two Awami League chairman candidates in two upazilas over holding a showdown.
Munshiganj correspondent reports: At least 10 people, including officer-in-charge of Gazaria police station, were injured in clashes between AL supported candidates centering campaigns in Munshiganj upazila polls.
The one and half hour long clashes took place between the supporters of AL backed candidate Amirul Islam and AL rebel candidate Refayet Ullah Khan.
OC Mamun-ur-Rashid was injured during the clash. Comilla correspondent reports: Several clashes took places among the candidates in Nangolkot, Burichnag and Brahmanpara upazilas of the district.
In Burichang upazila, four candidates are contesting for the chairman post. Those are- BNP backed Mizanur Rahman, Awami League backed Akhlak Haider, rebel candidate of Awami League Sazzad Hossain and Jatiya Party (Ershad) backed Shafiqur Rahman Arun.
Supporters of Akhlak Haider and Sazzad Hossain locked in a clash centering tearing down posters of the candidates. The supporters of Sazzad set fire to the election office of Akhlak in Fokirbaza area.
Source: Dhaka Tribune