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POST TIME: 26 May, 2017 00:00 00 AM / LAST MODIFIED: 26 May, 2017 03:18:47 AM
AL leader killed in post-poll clash in Narail
Our Correspondent, Narail

AL leader killed in post-poll clash in Narail

An Awami league leader was stabbed to death in a clash over the recently held Peroli UP election in Kalia upazila yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Sheikh Mofazzal Hossain, 50, vice-president of upazila unit of Awami League. Sheikh Goni Miah, officer-in-charge of Kalia Police station, said the supporters of newly elected UP chairman Jarjid Mollah (a rebel candidate of AL) and the supporters of defeated AL-backed candidate clashed in Mohsin intersection  area of the union over the polls that left 10 people injured. Later, Jarjid Mollah’s supporters stabbed Mofazzal, his son Saddam and brother Shamim, leaving them critically injured. The injured were rushed to Khulna Medical College Hospital where Mofazzal succumbed to his injuries.