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Of the injured, two were identified as Arif and Omar Faruk.
Witnesses said a chase and counter-chase took place between the supporters of councillor candidates and ruling party-backed candidates at the polling station.
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At one stage, an explosion took place during the scuffle, leaving three people including a cop, a member of Ansar and a supporter of a councillor candidate injured.
BNP- backed Mayoral candidate Kazi Saiful Rahman Swapan alleged that the ruling party men are involved in the crude bomb blast.
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Some 24,253 people are scheduled to exercise their franchise using EVMs in the municipality.
Four mayoral candidates—AL -backed candidate Omar Faruk Khan, BNP- backed candidate Kazi Saiful Rahman Swapan, Jatiya Party’s Binod Bihari Bhoumik and independent candidate Tarek Aziz Khan have been contesting the polls.
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Already three female and four male councillors have been elected unopposed.
Voting in the second phase election to 60 municipalities is going on peacefully on Saturday.
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