Jhenaidah Correspondent: A man named Jahidul Islam Zahid has been nominated for a boat in Manoharpur union of Shailkupa upazila of Jhenaidah. Former president of Shailkupa Chhatra League and current joint convener of Juba League Zahid is the 24th accused in the murder case of Rashidul Islam alias Ukil Mridha of the same upazila. However, he is out on bail in the case. There is anger in the party as the accused in the murder case has been nominated. Meanwhile, Zahid's opponents have called a rally demanding cancellation of the boat's nomination. Police say an Awami League activist named Rashidul Islam alias Ukil Mridha, 45, was killed on July 25 last year in the village of Damukdia in Shailkupar over a social faction. The village was extensively vandalized and looted after the killings. Ajmer Sharif, the nephew of the deceased, blamed the Awami League's Zahid group for the murder of lawyer Mridha. On July 23 of that year, there was a fight in the village over the spread of domination. Advocate Mridha left for Shailkupa police station on the night of July 25 to attend the meeting to resolve the issue. He was hacked to death on the way. The victim's wife Tania Khatun, a member of Manoharpur Union's Ward 8, filed a murder case on July 26, naming 26 people. Juba League leader Jahidul Islam Zahid is the 24th accused in this case. Union Awami League president Nurul Amin and secretary Abdur Rashid said the nomination of the accused in the murder case has caused division among the grassroots. Meanwhile, Mostafa Arif Reza Mannu, joint-general secretary of Shailkupa Upazila A-League and current chairman of Manoharpur union, questioned how the accused in a murder case got the boat nominated. He is choosing himself as an independent candidate without getting the nomination of the boat. Mannu said that he has appealed to the Nomination Board in this regard. He added that his father was a freedom fighter. The certificate was given by local MP Abdul Hai. Juba League leader Jahidul Islam Zahid, who was nominated for the boat, said, "I have been accused in a murder case by conspiracy." On the day of the incident, he was at Shailkupa police station in a meeting with Jahangir Alam. He got bail as the police knew the real thing. His opponent, current chairman Mostafa Arif Reza Mannu, hanged him in a murder case so that the boat would not be nominated. Note that the election will be held next February in Manoharpur Union of Shailkupar held in the seventh phase. Z fa