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Dohar Post-polls Violence

3 killed as losers attack winners

Staff Correspondent
At least three people were killed and nine others were injured when supporters of defeated Awami League candidate Mannan Khan carried out an attack on supporters of winning candidate Salma Islam of Jatiya Party in Dohar of Dhaka yesterday.
Meanwhile, two people injured in election violence on Sunday died of their wounds yesterday.
The early morning attack in Hajarbigha of Dohar upazila in Dhaka-1 constituency left Mokbul Munshi, 35, Moksed Khandaker Musa, 55, and his son Masud Khandaker, 28, dead. Sources claimed that policemen were present and were inactive during the attack.
Musa's sister Bashirunnesa, who received head injuries in the attack, said the family was Awami League adherent but 15 days prior to the January 5 elections, they had joined Jatiya Party.
Talking to The Daily Star yesterday at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, she said their family, of Mollah kin, was attacked by the people of Chokdar kin. She said Chokdar kin, die-hard supporters of Mannan, were against her family switching sides.
Visiting Hajarbigha village, The Daily Star correspondent found that rivalry between the two families had begun two months prior to the national elections.
It began when Mannan formed the ruling party's voluntary organisation Swechchhasebak League Dohar committee with Bashar Chokdar as its president and Mokbul Munshi as its vice-president.
On the election day, Musa and a supporter of Mannan had an altercation at a polling centre. "Mannan's supporters had then threatened to teach Musa a lesson once the polls results were out," Anwar Khandaker, Musa's brother and polling agent of JP candidate Salma, told The Daily Star.
Bashirunnesa said her son Sumon, 16, also a victim of the attack, and Mokbul Munshi got involved in another altercation with three of the Chokdar family around 8:00am yesterday.
Aftabuddin Mollah, an eyewitness, told The Daily Star that a team of policemen went to Mokbul's home around 8:30am and the attackers, led by local Swechchhasebak League president Bashar Chokdar, followed the police team.
Within half an hour, about 200 people of the Chokdar family attacked Mokbul with machetes and other sharp weapons, Bashirunnesa said.
They dragged Mokbul out of his home and
stabbed and slashed him to death, Aftab said.
Later they attacked Musa's home, which was about 100 feet away. They slashed Musa's abdomen and stabbed him indiscriminately and killed Masud, who went to his father's rescue.
The attackers also cut off Anwar Khandaker's fingers, and attacked Bashirunnesa, Musa's brother Delwar Khandakar, Musa's nephews Shah Alam Khandaker, and Sumon, his cousin Riazul and Shah Jalal Khandakar and two others, said the eyewitness.
Aftab claimed that Musa's step-brother Ali Khandaker was among the attackers. Many of the attackers were hired goons.
Police later arrested four people, Anwar Chokdar, Khokan, Ali Khandaker and Tota Mia.
Superintendent of Police Habibur Rahman of Dhaka while visiting the spot told The Daily Star that police had gone to the spot on hearing of a clash. He said, "They [police] were not present during the murders."
Locals, however, alleged that police remained inactive during the attack since the attackers were supporters of ruling party candidate Mannan.
Meanwhile, Shibir activist Md Assadullah, 18, injured during a clash between Awami League men and 18-party alliance activists Sunday afternoon, died of his wounds early yesterday at Dinajpur Medical College Hospital.
In Sonaimuri of Noakhali, pro-ruling party Jubo League activist Mahfuz Alam, 24, died at a hospital yesterday. He had sustained injuries Sunday night during a clash between pro-ruling party andl8-party alliance activists.
In Kobirpur of Baniachar in Moulvibazar, at least 30 Awami League and Jatiya Party activists were injured in a clash around noon yesterday.
The Awami League men attacked the Jatiya Party activists after JP filed a complaint about vote rigging in Kobirpur, which led to the sus-
pension of the voting on Sunday, claimed JP candidate Sankar Paul.
In Meherpur's Gangi upazila, at least 20 Awami League activists were injured in the morning when the victory rally of winning candidate of Meherpur-1 constituency, Awami League’s Mokbul Hossain, was attacked by defeated independent candidate Abdul Khaleque's men. Khaleque is a former Awami Leaguer. Police arrested eight people.
At least 20 people were hurt in two separate clashes in Barguna's Taitali and Amtali upazilas when the winning Awami League candidate's supporters clashed with the defeated independent candidate's supporters in Barguna-1 constituency. Police arrested seven people in this connection.
In Natore's Singra upazila, two Workers Party men were injured when Awami League activists attacked them on Sunday night.
Mizanur Rahman Mizan, the defeated candidate of Workers Party, claimed that the Awami Leaguers attacked his supporters because his men had prevented ruling party polling agents from rigging the polls.
In Tangail's Gopalpur, at least 10 Awami League and BNP men were hurt during a clash over Sunday's polls.
In Jhenidah's Kalikapur village, six supporters of an independent candidate were stabbed and beaten by supporters of a defeated Awami League candidate.
In Satkhira's Kolaroya, Shibir men hurled 10 crude bombs and fired shots at the victory procession of the Satkhira-1 winner. They also vandalised homes and shops of people who had voted.
In Manikchhari and Panchhari of Khagrachhari, at least 20 Awami League and BNP activists were injured during clashes over Sunday's polls.