Altercation broke out during Jamaat campaign over vote-buying claims.—Courtesy The Daily Star
AT least 26 people, including three women, were injured in a clash between BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami activists in Patuakhali’s Baufal upazila on Sunday. Locals and witnesses said a group of Jamaat’s female activists was conducting a campaign at Bhandaria Bazar around 12:30pm in favour of their party candidate of Patuakhali-2 constituency Shafiqul Islam Masud.
At that time, some BNP activists intercepted them, alleging that the female group was distributing money to buy votes.
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