Online Desk: Pro-Awami League and pro-BNP lawyers engaged in scuffles outside the polling centre for an hour this noon during the second day of the Supreme Court Bar Association elections. There were clashes between pro-AL and pro-BNP lawyers on the first day as well, with police getting involved in the incident and attacking journalists covering the incident, as well as pro-BNP lawyers.

The police did not intervene during today’s incident. The scuffle erupted at 12:00 noon today, during a gathering of lawyers. It lasted for around a hour. Police and lawyers said the two sides were shouting slogans at each other, with one group repeatedly chanting “vote thief, vote thief”, while the other side responded with their own slogans. The situation soon escalated, leading to physical altercations and a chaotic scene.

Earlier, the second day of the SCBA election went underway amid strict security measures. The election process began at 10:30am, and police have been deployed in large numbers around the bar association premises, given the possibility of clashes during the election.