A supporter of a independent candidate in Mymensingh's Dhobaura upazila has been stabbed to death during a factional clash of BNP.
A tense situation is prevailing at Ershad Bazar area of the upazila over the incident that took place at 6PM on Friday.
Deceased Nazrul Islam, 40, was the supporter of Mymensingh-1 (Haluaghat-Dhobaura) constituency independent candidate Salman Omar Rubel.
According to local residence and police, on Friday evening, an election office of Salman was inaugurated at the Ershad Bazar area. Two groups of BNP, equipped with lethal weapons, locked into a clash over this inauguration, leaving Nazrul dead on the scene.
He was rushed to Upazila Health Complex where the on-doctors declared him dead.
Dhobaura Police Station OC Md Shahfiqul Islam visited the scene and he was detained suspected two from there.
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