Mirza Abbas comes under attack during campaign

Mirza Abbas comes under attack during campaign

Dhaka, Dec 15 (Just News): BNP leader Mirza Abbas and his supporters have been reportedly attacked during an election campaign in Dhaka’s Shegunbagicha area.

The miscreants attacked the BNP candidate for Dhaka 8 on Saturday.

Around 100 people launched the attack on the BNP candidate when he along with his supporters were campaigning near Shegunbagicha kitchen market area.

While addressing the media after the attack, BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas claimed that he and his supporters were attacked while campaigning peacefully.

He said: “They [the attackers] have severely injured my supporters and activists today [Saturday]. They also tried to hurt me.”

Abbas said: “We do not want any violence over the upcoming 11th parliamentary election. Our main objective is to participate in the polls.

“Today’s attack was very unfortunate.”

The general election is scheduled to be held on December 30.