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At least three people have been killed in election-related violence in Cox’s Bazar and Bagerhat.
Our Cox’s Bazar correspondent reported that two people were shot dead while at least 31 suffered bullet wounds in election-related gunfights in Cox’s Bazar on Monday morning.
The deceased were identified as Abul Kalam, 40, and Abdul Halim, 30.
An initial incident took place at Noapara Madrasa Centre in Qutubjom Union of Maheshkhali Island.
According to witnesses, supporters of Awami League candidate Sheikh Kamal and rebel candidate of the same party Mosharraf Hossain Khokon locked horns as they tried to seize control of the center around 9 am.
Things turned fatal when what started as a brawl turned into a straight up gunfight between rival goons.
Abul Kalam died and six others were wounded during this time.
Confirming the matter, Maheshkhali police station OC Abdul Hai said, “I have received news of one death in the clash between the two opposite sides. The injured have been rushed to hospital.”
The second incident took place at Baragop union of Kutubdia upazila.
Confirming the matter, the Officer-in charge of Kutubdia police station Omar Haider said that a man named Abdul Halim was shot dead and as many as 25 were wounded in a clash between supporters of two candidates.
According to the Cox’s Bazar District Election Office, the number of voters in Maheshkhali municipality of the district is 19,484 and in Chakaria municipality 48,724. There are 59 booths in 10 polling stations in Maheshkhali and 139 booths in 16 polling stations in Chakaria municipality.
The total number of voters in 14 unions of Pekua, Kutubdia, Maheshkhali and Teknaf upazilas of the district is 311,234 people.
In Bagerhat, a woman was killed in a clash centering the election to Chandpai Union Parishad in Mongla upazila on Sunday night, reports UNB.
The deceased was identified as Fatema Begum, 70.
Witnesses said supporters of Chandpai Union Parishad member candidate Matiar Rahman Moral and supporters of rival candidate Shafiqul Islam locked into a clash over the polls, leaving Fatema dead on the spot and four others injured.
