Meanwhile, election board of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has extended the voting time by half an hour till 5:00pm due to heavy rush of voters.
Witnesses said a gang of 15 to 20 unidentified people swooped on Md Amiruddin Bipu, director of Bangladesh Paper Merchant Association, around 12:40pm and beat him indiscriminately when he was entering FBCCI building.
They also tore down his panjabi during the attack, the witnesses said.
On duty law enforcers rescued Bipu but did not detain anyone in this connection.
Bipu was entering the polling centre along with former FBCCI president Annisul Huq, who is supporting Ganatantrik Parishad panel. Annisul, however, is not contesting the election.
After the attack, Annisul told reporters that they were not taking the attack seriously as such incidents take place in elections.
The voting began at 9:00am, which was scheduled to continue until 4:30pm without any break. But the election commission later announced that it was going to take a half an hour break from 3:45pm and would continue the voting till 5:00pm.
This year, a total of 1,608 voters from the association group and 390 voters from the chamber group will cast their votes to elect 30 directors from both groups.
A total of 63 candidates are contesting for the posts of 30 directors (15 from chamber group and 15 from association group) under the banner of two panels for the 2012-14 term election.
In the electoral process, 30 elected directors along with 18 nominated directors (nine from chamber group and nine from association group) would choose the president for two years' tenure.
Of the two panels, Chairman of Standard Bank Ltd Kazi Akramuddin Ahmed is leading his own panel.
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