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Polling not held in 2431 centres

By Staff Correspondent
Polling could not be held in at least 2431 out of 21.106 centres across the country yesterday, according to preliminary reports.
Besides, election was not held in most of the 422 centres under four constituencies of Galbandha district while polling was postponed in most of the centres in Sh-erpur. Rangpur. Dinajpur. SlrajganJ. Brahmanbaria and Chandpur districts, according to our correspondents and agencies till midnight last night.
Widespread violence, attacks on polling booths, snatching of ballot boxes, papers and obstruction in the movement of election officials were reported as the main reasons for the cancellation of polling in those districts.
However. Election Commission sources in Dhaka said that election officials did not turn up in many centres during the polling for which polling in those centres were
postponed.
Meanwhile, election officials were attacked and manhandled in Pabna. Manikgani. Comilia. Sherpur and Moul-vibazar districts, according to reports.
Elections could not be held In 67 centres in Chittagong. 331 in Sirajganj. 300 in Dinajpur. 302 in Sherpur. 160 in Rangpur. 65 in Kush-tia, 52 in Chandpur. 40 in Shariatpur. 62 in Pabna. 26 In Fent. 61 in Narayanganj. 21 in Narsingdi, 13 in Jhenidah. 37 tn Sylhet. six In Rajshahi, five in Chuadanga. three In Motil-vlbazar and Pirojpur each and one In Faridpur. our correspondents said.
Our Correspondent in Brahmanbaria reports, since morning to 3:15 pm. not a single out of 125 polling centres could be opened for Flolls at the Sadar Thana, lowever. at 3:15 pm one centre was opened amid heavy security.
Our Correspondent in Gaibandha reports, anti-election activists brought out protest processions in the town despite army patrol. A polling centre was arsoned when the officials attempted to open. The anti-election activists exploded several crackers and ransacked six telephone exchanges
Meanwhile, the Deputy Commissioner of Sherpuf. when contacted, said that polling could not be held in 101 centres out of 307 of the districts as those were under the control of the anti-elec-tion agitators
IN Dinajpur District Re turning Officer postponed voting in all the centres In Birgan| thana under Dinajpur district following the killing of an anti election activist in the morning, according to UNB report
Besides polling in 88 centres of Rangpur-3 con stituenev and 72 centres of Rangpur 6 constituency re mained suspended as the concerned Presiding Officers were not functioning because ol poll violence said a rev»ort ot BSS news agency
The report added that 30 polling centres in Rangpur <11 st net were also set on tire before rHxm by the anti elec •ion a< t ii ist s