A polling agent of a defeated independent candidate in Noakhali-2 constituency (Senbagh and a part of Sonaimuri) has been hacked to death at Mirzanagar village of Nateshwar union in Sonaimuri upazila.
The deceased – Shaheduzzaman alias Palash, 35, son of Jamal Uddin – was a polling agent of Ataur Rahman Bhuiyan, a local leader of ruling Awami League who independently contested in the 12th national polls with the electoral symbol scissor.