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50 injured, six arrested on third day of UP polling

Police fire shots, voting postponed in 40 centres

By Staff Correspondent
Over fifty persons were Injured on tire third day of the countrywide Union Parishad elections Saturday.
The poll-violence led to postponement of voting in over 40 centres. Police fired blank shots and arrested at least six persons including an Assistant Presiding Officer in Conner Uon with clashes, snatching of polling materials, rigging and bids to illegally capture the polling booths.
Election Commission sources said that police arrested the Assistant Presiding Officer from Noapara College centre of Noapara Union under Raozan upazila in Chittagong district on charges of rigging.
Elections to 513 unions tn 65 upazllas under 52 districts were held on the third day. Barring the trouble-torn centres. polling in other centres stere held peacefully.
According to our correspondents and the Police Control Room in the city, the trtruble-torn polling centres are as follows: 12 In Chittagong. 10 in Shariatpur. four tn Munshiganj. three In Brahmanbarla. and one each In RaHhahi and Barlsal. In the poll violence, 35 persons were Injured tn Chittagong, two In MunshlganJ and others In dif• 1VIII (Off I ^1 U ferent districts.
The Police Control Room said that it had received reports from 12 districts and that polling was suspended in different centres of six districts only.
According to the Control Room, the centres where voting was postponed due to untoward incidents were: 10 in Shartatpyr. three in Brahman barta, four in Munshlganj, and one each tn Chittagong. Rajshahl and Barlsal.
It said that a police constable was hurt when a mob attacked the north Muradpur Government Primary School of Nawabganj upazila under Dlnajpur district. However, balloting at the centre continued undisturbed.
The Control Room official declined to mention details *of the incidents that led to the postponement of polling in the six districts.
An Election Commission source in Dhaka said that the authorities withheld polling in two .centres at Homna upazila under Comllla district due to disturbances.
Our Staff Correspondent from Chittagong reports: Authorities postponed polling in at least 12 centres in 23 unions under two upazilas following violence, clashes and snatching of ballot boxes.
Police said that 35 per sons Were injured in the incidents and another five arrested in this connection.
They said that the number of such centres might rise after proper investigation.
According to police, polling in eight centres of 13 in 15 unions in Raozan upazila and voting at four centres of 10 tn 11 unions in Rangunia upazila were withheld as vio , fence spread.
At least 25 persons were Injured in the Raozan centres in clashes between the rival groups. Police fired blank shots while miscreants were snatching ballot boxes and ballot papers. They also picked . up five persons from the scene.
In the four centres of Rangunia. clashes between groups left 10 persons Injured. The on-duty police and BDR fired tn the air to disperse a mob trying to snatch polling materials. No arrest was made there.
The centres in Raozan upazila where polling was postponed were: Munshlpara, Fatepur. Adudia. Nirapara. Now-ajtshpur. Sanidar Koang. Kulpara and Idalpur. The troubled centre In Rangunia could not be known.
Our Correspondent from NarayanganJ adds: Five persons were Injured when police resorted to baton charges and used rifle butts on an unruly voters at Murapara Pilot High School centre of Murapara Union. Police also detained 13 persons including two women on charges of false voting at the centre. The Injured per sons were identified as: Ramlsuddln. Mujibur Rahman. Nasir. Momen and a minor boy. They all were given first aid. However, polling at the centre continued without any break.
Elections to other union parlshads of RupganJ upazlla of the district were held peacefully. Out of nine unions in the upazila. polling was held tn seven . The tenures of the remaining two UPs have not yet expired.
The unions where polls were held on the day. were: Kanchan. Bholabo. “Doudpur. Kaedpur. Murapara. Bholta and GoiakandL
An estimated 65 per cent of the 1.14.230 voters in the seven unions cast votes at 47 centres. 26 persons are contesting for seven posts of chairman while 182 for 27 posts of member.
Our Staff Correspondent from Khulna said: Elections in three unions of Rupsha upazlla and six unions of Terakhada upazila were held peacefully.
Polling was conducted under special arrangement at 11 out of 16 centres in the two upazilas as police feared trouble there. However, no reports of disturbances In any of the centres were received.
The youths, normally known as trouble mongers served the voters by taking them from different areas to the polling centres on motorbikes. witnesses said.
The local election commission officials said, non; of the incumbent chairmen and members of the unions under Dtghalta and fuitola upazilas. where polls were held on January 22. was elected.
According to our Muns-hlganj Correspondent: Two persons were Injured in polls violence which led to postponement of voting at Three centres in Srinagar upaalla
Police fired three shots to bring the situation under control.
The two persons whose identities could be known were hospitalised after they were seriously injured in bomb explosions. The bombs were exploded during a clash between rival groups of people at the 'three centres _ Baraikhah High School. West Baralkhall High School and Kharra Primary School of the
Polling at all the three centres was suspended as the situation went out of the control of the authorities following the domination of the centres by the rival groups .
Elections were held in 14 unions of Srinagar upazila on the third day of the country wide Union Parishad elections
UNB report from Pabna says: Election to the Dashuna Union of Isurdl upazila of the district will be held on ■ February 24. Election Commission announced Saturday.
The election was postponed after the death of chairman candidate Md Abdur Rouf on Jan 12. He was sitting chairman of the union.
According to the new election schedule the last dates for submission pf nomination paper. scrutiny and withdrawal of nomination paper are January 1. January 2 and January 8 respectively. *
Also Saturday the elections to the three unions of Isurdi and four unions of Atgharia were held peacefully.
A report from Brahmanbaria says: Authorities Saturday postponed polling in four centres of four unions in Nabl-nagar upazlla of the district due to alleged violence and hijacking of ballot boxes.
■ Police said polling was postponed in Kaltola High School centre in Kaltola Union. Kagotora Primary School centre in Ratanpur Union. Moheshpur Primary School centre in Bidghar Union and Amtall Primary School in Blrgoa Union.
They fired two rounds of blank shots after two rival groups clashed tn Kaltola centre from where three ballot boxes were hijacked.
Two ballot paper books were allegedly snatched away from Moheshpur centre.
Miscreants also exploded crackers tn Kaltola and Moheshpur centres.
Another report from Shariatpur aays: An army sepoy on leave was arrested Saturday on charge of forcing into a polling centre and assaulting a police constable.
Police also fired a warning shot as Nuruzzaman allegedly entered the Chikandl Government Primary School voting centre in the sadar upazila at 10 am and started beating a policeman on duty.
Constable Toflazal Hossain of Sljariatpur police Une was injured in the beating when he prevented the intrusion.
Nuruzzaman was picked up amid the melee and taken to police custody, police said
Report from Sirajganj says: At least 10 people were injured in poll violence and seven others arrested during Union Parishad election tn Tarash and Kamarkhand upazilas Saturday:
District Election Commission sources said disturbances occurred in three centres of Tarash upazila due to absence of revised voters' list. The - centres are Kudrashan. Bansh-bart and Markasha.
Witnesses said at feast six people were injured during the trouble. Police arrested four people tn this connection.
In two other polling centres in Kamarkhand Upazila. police arrested three people In con-
At least four people were reported Injured during clashes at Bhadrahat and Palksha voting centre.
Our Klshoreganj Correspondent reports: One Presiding Officer and at least one college student were Injured tn election violence in Pakundla upazlla of the district.
The incident occurred at 6 pm when about one hundred supporters of a Chairman candidate allegedly attacked the Chard he kl Govt Primary School polling centre where the counting of votes was going on.
The attackers severely beat the Presiding Officer Khalrul Bashar. Assistant Education Officer of the upazlla and snatched away the papers.
, Police fired 18 rounds of shots to bring the situation under control.
The Presiding Officer has been admitted to Upazila Health Complex while the college student Nazmul Haque (22) has been admitted to Mymenslngh Medical College in a critical condition.
Our Shariatpur Correspondent reports: Election Commission could not declare the result of Benodpur Union under Sadar Upazlla as the voters of Ward No 1 of the union did not take part In voting.
It is reported that people of this area have been demanding separate union for a long time.
This year they boycotted the election in protest of not fulfilling their demand.