A local Awami League leader in Munshiganj was found dead with stab wounds to the back of his head near a polling centre in Munshiganj this morning.
Locals found the body of Zillur Rahman, 45 around 100 feet from the Rikabibazar Government Primary School polling centre in Munshiganj’s Mirkadim municipality around 9:30 am, an hour and a half after voting began in the 12th parliamentary election.
He was a supporter of the AL-nominated candidate from Munshiganj-3 Mrinal Kanti Das and vice-president of Mirkadim municipality unit of Sramik League.
Witnesses said Zillur had an altercation with supporters of independent candidate Mohammad Faisal Biplob, leading to the fatal attack, reports BD News 24.
