350 Sued over Thakurgaon UP Polls Violence That Left Infant Dead

A case was filed against 350 people on Saturday over violence after the announcement of the election results of Bachor UP in Ranisankail Upazila of Thakurgaon when a nine-month-old was shot dead allegedly in police firing.

The case was filed against 350 anonymous people at Ransankail police station upon receiving a complaint from the presiding officer of the polling center Md Khatibar Rahman.

On Wednesday evening, when the results of the Bachor UP election were announced at VF Junior High School polling center, supporters of a defeated candidate attacked police.

At one point in the clash, police fired bullets to take control of the situation. Unfortunately, Suraiya Akter Asha, who was on her mother’s lap at that time was shot in the head.

After the incident, enraged locals besieged some police members including Officer-in-Charge of Ranisankail police station SM Zahid Iqbal for a few hours in the Khutiatuli area.

Later additional police members rescued them and sent two cops to the hospital.

On Thursday, a three-member probe body was formed by the Thakurgaon district administration over the incident with district magistrate Ramkrishna Barman as its head and additional superintendent of police Mirza Tarek and district election officer Saiful Islam as members.

The committee was asked to submit a report within seven days.