Election office vandalism: Case against 120 people, including 6 BNP leaders

A case has been filed with the police station in Tangail's Gopalpur over the attack and vandalism by BNP leaders and activists on the election office. Upazila Election Officer Mohammad Nazrul Islam filed the case on Monday (November 10) evening.

The case names 6 BNP and Chhatra Dal leaders and 100-120 unidentified BNP and Jubo Dal leaders and activists.

The accused in the case are - Municipal BNP President Khalid Hasan Uthan, Upazila BNP General Secretary Kazi Liaquat Ali, Municipal BNP Organizing Secretary Liton Mia, Municipal BNP Joint Secretary Mohir Uddin, Municipal Chhatra Dal President Tuhin and BNP leader Kamrul Islam.

Meanwhile, officials of the Upazila Election Office have been suffering from insecurity since the attack on the election office. They have demanded that law and order be strengthened in every election office in view of the upcoming elections.

 Election office vandalism: Case against 120 people, including 6 BNP leaders

District Correspondent | Tangail | Published: 09:54 AM, November 11, 2025

Election office vandalism: Case against 120 people, including 6 BNP leaders

A case has been filed with the police station over the attack and vandalism by BNP leaders and activists at the election office in Gopalpur, Tangail. Upazila Election Officer Mohammad Nazrul Islam filed the case as the plaintiff on Monday (November 10) evening.

The case names 6 BNP and Chhatra Dal leaders and 100-120 unidentified BNP and Jubo Dal leaders and activists.

The accused in the case are - Municipal BNP President Khalid Hasan Uthan, Upazila BNP General Secretary Kazi Liaquat Ali, Municipal BNP Organizing Secretary Liton Mia, Municipal BNP Joint Secretary Mohir Uddin, Municipal Chhatra Dal President Tuhin and BNP leader Kamrul Islam.

 Meanwhile, the officials of the Upazila Election Office have been suffering from insecurity since the attack on the election office. They have demanded that law and order be strengthened in every election office in view of the upcoming elections.

The case statement states that on Monday morning, 100-120 unidentified leaders and activists, including 5 BNP leaders, entered the office room of Upazila Election Officer Nazrul Islam. At one stage, Municipal BNP President Khalid Hasan Uthan asked the Upazila Election Officer why they were not being evaluated and why they were not doing what they were told. At this time, they started abusing the Election Officer in foul language, accusing him of implementing the Awami League agenda. At one stage, they got angry and beat up the Upazila Election Officer and took away his phone. From the beginning of this incident, the scanning operator of Gopalpur Upazila Election Office, Suman Rana, had been recording the video on his mobile phone. Upon realizing the matter, the BNP leaders and activists slapped, kicked and punched Suman Rana indiscriminately and took away his mobile phone.

 At that time, when the office's data entry operator Amjad Hossain tried to protect the scanning operator Sumon Rana, he was also beaten indiscriminately with an iron rod. The glass of the office's server room was vandalized. At that time, when the assistant upazila election officer Abu Raihan tried to protect them, he was also kicked and punched indiscriminately. At that time, the BNP people vandalized the Thai glass of another room in the office, the flower tub kept on the balcony, and other furniture and tore and destroyed important files in the help desk. The president of the municipal Chhatra Dal attacked again on the way to take the injured data entry operator Amjad Hossain to the hospital for treatment.

After this incident, senior officials including the district election officer and the police superintendent visited the scene in the afternoon.

In this regard, Mohammad Tajul Islam, the senior district election officer of the district election office, told Jago News that a case has been filed in this incident. Since the incident, the election offices have been insecure. I demand that security be strengthened in every election office in the next parliamentary election.

 Gopalpur Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Mamun Bhuiyan told Jago News that a case has been registered in this incident. Efforts are underway to arrest the accused after filing the case.

Abdullah Al Noman/MN/JIM