Voting in Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election has been suspended as pro-BNP lawyers started demonstrations soon after the polls began.
Awami League-backed white panel lawyers started gathering in a queue from 8am to cast their votes. And some have cast their votes. But, later, authorities suspended the voting due to BNP-backed lawyers' protest in the polling centre at the SCBA Auditorium.
A tense situation is now prevailing on the SCBA premises where additional law enforcers have been deployed to avoid any untoward incident.
Hustle, incidents of scuffle and counter push between Awami League and BNP lawyers were also seen.
According to AL-backed lawyer AKM Amin Uddin Manik, the voting has been suspended this morning as pro-BNP lawyers staged demonstration demanding formation of a fresh election conducting committee under an acceptable person.
On Tuesday night, some 3,000 ballot papers were torn following resignation of the Election Commissioner. Since then, additional police have been deployed there.
