Teen killed in clash between AL candidate, rebel

A 17-year-old boy was killed and 15 others injured in clashes between followers of two chairmen candidates ahead of the union parishad election in Sylhet’s newly-formed Osmaninagar upazila on Sunday.

The victim, Saiful Islam, was from Uttarkalnichar of Sadipur in the upazila. He was supposedly a supporter of the ruling Awami League-backed chairman candidate, Ataur Rahman.

According to witnesses, supporters of two groups of the chairmen aspirants - AL-nominated candidate Ataur and AL’s rebel candidate Aktaruzzaman Chowdhury (Jaglu Chowdhury) - were campaigning in the area in the morning ahead of 6 March polls.

At one stage, both the groups confronted each other and an altercation led the death of the teenager, Saiful.

Police said Saiful had injury marks caused by brick chips.

The supporters of Ataur blocked Dhaka-Sylhet highway until 2:00pm in Kadamtala ofTajpur, protesting the death of Saiful, said Osmaninagar police station officer-in-charge Abdul Awal Chowdhury.

Source: Prothom Alo