UN expressed concern over assaulting on Hero Alam

The UN in Bangladesh has expressed concern over the attack on independent MP candidate Ashraful Alam widely known as Hero Alam during yesterday’s Dhaka-17 by-polls.

UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka, Gwyn Lewis, tweeted on Tuesday that, “The fundamental human right of everyone to participate in elections without violence should be guaranteed and protected,” 

He also said that, “I strongly condemn it. The involved parties could not be Awami League’s well-wishers. It was done with the intention of maligning the election."

United States has also encouraged the government of Bangladesh to investigate any report of violence thoroughly, transparently, and impartially, and to hold the perpetrators of violence to account.