Seven arrested for attacking presiding officer in Cumilla UP election

CUMILLA, Dec 03 (UNB): Police have arrested seven people in connection with beating and knifing a presiding officer and a policeman during the union council election in Cumilla's Barura.

The arrestees have been named as Saiful, Shaheen, Qadir, Rahman, Saddam, Khair and Ahsan.

They were sent to jail after being produced to the court on Thursday, police sources said.

It is learned that the supporters of two member candidates tried to occupy the polling centre at Dhewatali Government Primary School in Jhalom union of Baruda upazila on November 28.

During this time, they vandalise the furniture and snatch the ballot papers.

They attacked and injured Golam Sarwar Bhuiyan, presiding officer in charge of the centre, and Abu Hanif, sub-inspector of police. As the situation got worse the polling in the centre was suspended.