A close aide of BNP backed mayoral candidate in Barisal City Corporation has been injured in police firing triggering tension in the entire city ahead of the election. Police on Wednesday evening detained five female supporters of BNP backed candidate Ahsan Habib Kamal when they were distributing leaflets allegedly containing indecent remarks about AL backed candidate Shawkat Hossain Hiron. When the supporters of Kamal tried to get the female supporters freed from Police forcefully, the police opened fire leaving Harun, a close aide of Kamal injured. The victim is under treatment.
The incident triggered massive protests in Barisal city and supporters of Kamal brought out procession protesting the incident.
Till the filing of the report tensed situation was prevailing throughout the city.
-With The Independent input
