Dhaka Bureau: In the last minute of voting, there was an attack on the independent candidate for the by-election in Dhaka-17 Constituency, Ashraful Alam, alias Hero Alam. US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller called on the Bangladesh government to investigate the incident. In response to a question about the violence in the Dhaka-17 seat by-election of the National Assembly of Bangladesh at the US State Department briefing in Washington DC on Monday (July 17) night, spokesperson Matthew Miller called for an impartial investigation.
He further said that such violence has no place in democratic elections. The United States calls on the Government of Bangladesh to thoroughly and impartially investigate any reports of violence and hold perpetrators responsible for the violence accountable.
He said, We have said earlier that the Bangladesh government will conduct free, fair, and impartial elections, and we will continue to monitor them closely. Incidentally, on Monday (July 17), towards the end of the polling in Dhaka-17 Constituency, Banani Vidyaniketan School attacked independent candidate Hero Alam in front of the polling station. At one point, Hero Alam ran away to escape the beating. The attackers then chased him from behind.
At one stage, he went to road number 23 in Banani and boarded a rickshaw. Later, I left by car. The chief election agent of Hero Alam alleged that the workers of the ruling party were involved in this attack. Elias. He told the media that the Ektara Pratik candidate was admitted to the Better Life Hospital in Rampura after being attacked.
