Post-poll violence involving supporters of a victorious and a defeated candidates on Thursday left at least 10 people injured, four of them by bullets, at Khajra union in Satkhira. The injured, one of them in critical condition, were being treated at Satkhira Sadar hospital after the clashes at Gadaipur village in Ashashuni upazila, said Golam Kabir, officer-in-charge of Ashashuni police station. The four who sustained bullet wounds were identified as Russel Hossain, Hafizur Rahman, Wadud Sardar while the injured are Nur Baksh Sardar, Aslam Kadir, Firoz Hossain, Sazid, Shahid Sardar and Emon Hossain, according to newly elected UP chairman Shanewaj Dalim. Read: Defeated UP member candidate beaten dead in Shariatpur Newly-elected chairman Shanewaj Dalim said his defeated rival Wahidul Islam fired at his supporters and threw bricks from rooftop of his house while they were heading towards Gadaipur village in a celebratory procession. Wahidul denied the allegation saying that supporters of Shahnewaj attacked and injured his supporters. Meanwhile accused Wahidul Islam said,”From last night Dalim’s men were attacking my house. At morning I fired at them from my licensed sten gun to stop them from coming inside.” Read: Rangpur cop’s wife sent to jail in fraud case Police reportedly fired shots to disperse the rival groups. Additional police personnel have been deployed in the area, the OC said.  

A man succumbed on Monday to injuries he sustained during a clash between supporters of two rival member candidates in the Khash Kaulia Union Parishad election in Chowhali upazila under Sirajganj district. The deceased was identified as Zakir Hossain Molla,50, brother of Khash Kaulia Union Parishad Ward-8 member candidate Jahangir Molla. He died around 2 pm at a private hospital in Dhaka a day after he was seriously injured, said Md Rafiqul Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Chouhali police station. READ: Shocker from Sirajganj: In-laws ‘shave housewife’s hair, eyebrows’ During the election on Sunday some 10 people were injured including Zakir when supporters of Jahangir Molla and Abdul Hakim locked in a clash at Kukri centre, said the OC. Zakir was transferred to Dhaka in a critical condition, he said. READ: Sirajganj to get world’s first 'digital dustbin' Rival candidate Abdul Hakim was arrested from his house around 3pm on Monday over the death and the process of filing a case is underway, said the OC.