A 10-year-old boy has died on Thursday after being shot during a clash outside a polling station at Dhaka’s Keraniganj Upazila.
Published : 31 Mar 2016, 12:36 PM
The local administration said that shooting erupted during a clash between rival supporters around 10:30am at a polling centre in the Upazila’s Hazratpur Union.
“No bullets were fired by the security personnel , the child was killed in crossfire between rival supporters ,” Keraniganj’s Upazila Executive Officer (UNO) ABM Fakhruzzaman told bdnews24.com.
The victim has been identified as Shubha Ghose, but no further details was available on him.
“The boy died while being taken to the hospital,” said Kernaiganj police’s Sub Inspector Monir Uz Zaman.
Voting, however, is continuing at the polling station, said Keraniganj’s Returning Officer Shahjahan Ali. “Nothing happened inside the premises of the polling station . The presiding officer told me that a child died in clash outside the centre.”
Voting for elections to 639 Union Parishads (UP) in 47 districts started from 8am on Thursday in the second of the six-phase polls.
At least 20 people have been killed in polls-related violence in the one and half months since the EC announced the election schedule.