Police firing kills 1 during B\\\'baria UP by-polls

A man was killed as police opened fire on two feuding groups at a centre during the by-election to Champaknagar union parishad in Bijoynagar upazila on Sunday. Twenty other people were also injured in the clash between the two sides over rigging votes. However, officer-in-charge of Bijoynagar Police Station Abdur Rob denied the firing. The deceased was identified as Babul Miah, 32, of Satirpara village in the upazila. Witnesses said the supporters two chairman candidates -- Hamdu Miah and Shah Alam -- locked into an altercation over rigging votes at Petuajuri Government Primary School centre during the polling in the morning. At one stage, both groups, equipped with lethal weapons, attacked each other. Police fired several rubber bullets and teargas shells to disperse them, leaving 21 people, including Babul, injured. Babul was rushed to Akhaura Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him dead. Police did not fire during the clash, he said, adding that Babul was killed in firing by the two clashing groups, according to a news agency.

 

 

Meanwhile, 20 people were injured in another clash between the supporters of two chairman candidates over occupying a centre during the Machhihata union parishad by-election in sadar upazila on Sunday.