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Two hurt in Cox’s Bazar firing
Two young men have been shot while trying to snatch a ballot box at a polling station in Kutubdia Upazila in Cox’s Bazar.
Published : 23 March 2014, 08:12 AM
Updated : 23 March 2014, 08:38 AM
The incident took place at the Kutubdia Paschim Lemshikhali Government Primary School centre around noon on Sunday.
Supporters of BNP-Jamaat backed candidates tried to raid the centre and snatch the ballot box, said Lemshikhali Union Parishad Chairman Aktar Hossain.
Police fired at them, leaving two injured.
Cox’s Bazar’s Additional Superintendent of Police Tofail Ahmed said additional policemen had been deployed at the centre after the incident.
Earlier, police detained three persons on charges of rigging votes at a centre.
Zafar Alam, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) of Cox’s Bazar, said reports of sporadic violence were received from many centres.
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