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| Five killed in post-polls violence in Dohar |
| 2014-01-07 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Five people were killed and at least 20 maimed in separate incidents of post-polls violence in Dohar upazila of Dhaka yesterday, a day after the national polls were held. Also, two activists of Jubo League ... the youth wing of the Bangla Awami League... and Islami Chhatra Shibir ... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh... , who had sustained injuries the previous day, died during treatment in Noakhali and Dinajpur respectively, taking the corpse count from polls-related violence to 27. Meanwhile, ...back at the saw mill, Scarface Al had tied Little Nell to the log and was about to turn on the buzz saw... our correspondents have reported post-polls violence taking place in Meherpur, Habiganj, Joypurhat, Pirojpur, Narayanganj, Dinajpur, Thakurgaon and Jessore districts. In Dohar, under Dhaka 1 constituency, activists of Awami League and Jatiya Party ...aka Jatiya Front; a political party established by Bangladictator Lieutenant General Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1986 to lend a veneer of respectability to his rule. Since nobody was amused he was forced to resign by popular demand in 1990. The party remains in existence with about a dozen seats in Bangla's parliament... (JP) engaged in an hour-long clash that left five of them killed and 20 injured. Police think the clash could be related to the election in which JP candidate Salma Islam grabbed a surprise victory against ruling party bigwig and former state minister for public works Abdul Mannan Khan. The identities of the dear departed were confirmed as: Mohammad Mokbul Hossain, 35, nephew of local UP Chairman Alaluddin Mollah, Masud Khandaker, 30, Moksed Khandaker, 60, Aslam, 25, and Rezaul (age unknown). Security was beefed up around the troubled region following the incident. According to sources, top leaders of Dohar-Awami League unit were divided by their allegiance to the two candidates, with Vice-president Alauddin Mollah, also chairman of Bilashpur union, supporting Salma Islam while President Hukum Ali Chokdar supporting Abdul Mannan Khan. Sumon Matabbar, an injured activist loyal to Alauddin, now under treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, described how the incident occurred. "Around 9am, we were going to meet Alauddin Mollah at the Hazarbigha village. There were 20-25 of us there. Hukum Ali and his men intercepted us on the way but left us upon police's intervention. "But after police left, they attacked us from behind. We ran for protection in nearby houses. They killed Moksed first and his son Masud and Mokbul later." All five deceased were activists of the Alauddin group. Kamrul Islam Mia, officer in charge of Dohar cop shoppe, said they placed in durance vile You have the right to remain silent... three individuals in this connection. Meanwhile, ...back at the saw mill, Scarface Al had tied Little Nell to the log and was about to turn on the buzz saw... in Noakhali, Mahfuz Alam, 24, an activist of Jubo League, injured in an attack on Sunday, died at a private hospital around 4am yesterday. He was injured when rival party activists swooped on a victory procession of Awami League and Jubo League at the district's Gazooria bazar. In Dinajpur, Md Asadullah, 18, an activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir, died in hospital after police beat him up following a Jamaat-Awami League clash at a polling centre in Birganj upazila on Sunday afternoon. The clash ensued after Jamaat-Shibir activists tried to occupy the polling centre. Meanwhile, ...back at the saw mill, Scarface Al had tied Little Nell to the log and was about to turn on the buzz saw... activists of Awami League's rebel candidate Mokbul Hossain, who successfully defeated party nominee Abdul Khaleque, attacked the latter's office and residence in Gangni upazila of Meherpur yesterday. They vandalised eight cycle of violences parked in front of Khaleque's residence and ransacked furniture around 12:30pm. Following the incident, members of the BGB took Mokbul, upazila chairman Shafiqul Alam and municipality mayor Ahammad Ali to the UNO office for questioning. Witnesses said the incident occurred after a victory parade at the Rezaul Chattar point in which Mokbul called upon his supporters to oust Khaleque from local politics. Police detained 11 activists in this connection. In Magura 2, supporters of rebel candidate Kutubullah Hossen Mian Kuti ransacked 12 shops after Kuti was defeated by Awami League candidate Prof MS Akber. In Baniachang of Habiganj, a clash between the Awami League and JP activists left around 50 injured. The clash occurred following an altercation between the two groups in a polling centre the day before, police said. Meanwhile, ...back at the saw mill, Scarface Al had tied Little Nell to the log and was about to turn on the buzz saw... unknown miscreants early yesterday burnt down BNP's district office in Joypurhart, a ward office of Pirojpur Awami League and two ward-level offices of the same at Fatullah in Narayanganj. Also, Jamaat-Shibir activists unleashed terror on the members of Hindu community in Dinajpur, Thakurgaon and Jessore districts following the polls. |
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