Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has claimed that a man who died during a clash during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s rally in Barishal died of heart disease. “He did not die at the rally. The doctor said the hospital authorities believe he died from a heart attack,” Quader said at the ruling party’s Dhanmondi offices on Saturday. Siraj Sikder, a 58-year-old from Hjla Upazila, died after the followers of Shammi Ahmed and Pankaj Debnath clashed at Hasina’s campaign event at the Bangabandhu Udyan in Sylhet on Friday. Shammi lost her candidacy as an Awami League nominee because of her dual citizenship, as per a bdnews24.com report.

Source: bd News24 December 30, 2023 09:57 UTC