Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- A BNP leader has died during an altercation with Jamaat-e-Islami activists outside a polling centre in Khulna.

The BNP says that he died when a Jamaat leader "pushed him" into a tree and hurt him. The Jamaat leader claims that the victim "fell ill" amid the unrest.

The victim has been identified as Mohibuzzaman Kochi, 55, a former office secretary of the Khulna city unit of the BNP. He lives in the city's Haji Mohsin Road area.

The incident took place at 8:10am on Thursday at the Alia Madrasah polling station in Khulna Sadar.

Former organising secretary of Khulna Sadar Thana BNP Yusuf Harun Majnu said, "There was tension at the Alia Madrasah polling station since the morning. The principal of Alia Madrasa was campaig...