50 injured in Bhola clash

At least 50 people were injured in a clash between a mob and police in Miyarhat area of Daulatkhan upazila yesterday evening.

The clash erupted when police tried to disperse the people who laid siege to Hakkani Khanqah Sharif, a religious educational institution run by Hakkani Mission Bangladesh.

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Earlier in the afternoon, “Iman Aqidah Sangrokkhan Committee”, an Islamist group, staged a rally to protest alleged “unethical activities” inside the Khanqah Sharif.

When the demonstrators were returning from the rally, some of them entered the Khanqah Sharif and carried out vandalism there. They also set fire to a goose farm, alleged the authorities of the Khanqah Sharif.

Enayet Hossain, officer-in-charge of Daulatkhan Police Station, said police fired teargas shells to bring the situation under control. Four policemen were also wounded during the clash.

Mizanur Rahman, a leader of "Iman Aqidah Sangrokkhan Committee", said people of the committee were not involved in the attack.

Later, at a press conference, Shah Zobair Hossain, superintendent of the Khanqah Sharif, dismissed the allegation of “unethical activities” inside the Khanqah Sharif.