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| Bombs hurled at Magura mayors home |
| 2011-01-08 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Unidentified myrmidons hurled two bombs on the residence of Magura municipality's acting mayor Tapan Kumar Roy on Thursday night. Of the two bombs, one blasted while the other did not explode. Police recovered the live bomb around 8:15pm. Locals of Natun Bazar area brought out a procession yesterday to protest the incident. Starting around 11:30am, the procession paraded the main roads of the town before holding a protest meeting at Chourongi Square. The speakers condemned the bomb attack and demanded Tapan Kumar's security. Awami League (AL)-backed candidate Altaf Hossain, however, reached the meeting venue and spoke pressing his solidarity with the protest programme. Officer-in-Charge of Magura Sadar Police Station filed a general diary regarding the incident, police said. Tapan is a rebel mayoral candidate in the January 27 municipality polls. The acting mayor, also the organising secretary of district AL, was assaulted on December 29 when the supporters of a rival candidate from Abalpur area attacked him at Defulia bazar during electioneering. |
| Posted by:Fred |