JUCSU election: Returning officer blames 'mismanagement' for teacher's death

Sultana Akter, a returning officer at the Jaharginagar University Central Students' Union (JUCSU) polls, has blamed the Election Commission’s mismanagement for the death of teacher Jannatul Ferdous. She made the remarks while speaking to journalists outside the JUCSU Senate building on Friday afternoon as the vote counting process continued a day after the polls closed. Jannatul Ferdous, an assistant professor at the fine arts department, died on Friday morning while on duty as a polling officer. “It is due to the Election Commission’s mismanagement that my colleague Jannatul Ferdous died. I want a proper investigation of this incident. I demand compensation from the university authorities, who must take responsibility for this death,” Sultana said. She added that teachers had been...