A polling officer who was injured during a gun attack in Baghaichhari Upazila on Mar 18, died at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) at Dhaka.
Bikash Chakma, senior office assistant of Baghaichhari High School, succumbed to his injuries around 11 pm on Monday (Apr 8) making the death toll of the attack eight.
“We heard that Bikash Chakma who was injured during on the day of upazila polls died in Dhaka and that his body will be brought back to Baghaichhari,” said Baghaichhari police OC Md Abul Monju.
Seven people were killed, and 24 wounded, after a motorcade of election officials and law enforcement returning from three centres in Sajek after voting in the second phase of upazila election was attacked by gunmen.