Clash over naming mosque leaves 4 injured

At least four people were injured in a clash over naming a mosque in Babur Haat area of Dimla upazila town under the district yesterday.

Injured Abdul Mottaleb Fusku, 35, Ratan Miah, 25, Rebeka Sultana, 38, and Nazma Golap, 48, were admitted to the upazila health complex.

Locals said a decade ago, the mosque was built on a land donated by a number of locals, including late Mofizuddin Ahmed, father of one Shah Alam, a filling station owner.

Around 10:00am yesterday, the devotees at a meeting on the mosque premises gave a particular name of the mosque to be included in the list of Islamic Foundation to get various facilities.

At one stage of the meeting, Shah Alam gave proposal to name the mosque having similarity with his father's name as his father donated the land.

A good number of people at the meeting supported the proposal but Shamsul Huque, commander of Dimla upazila unit of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad, opposed it, claiming that according to the land document, his father owns the land and Shah Alam's father had no right to donate the land for the mosque.

 Shamsul Huque demanded that the mosque should be named after his father's name.

Shortly afterwards, both the groups equipped with lethal weapons attacked each other, leaving at least four people from both sides injured.

Shamsul Haque later filed a case, accusing six people, said Ruhul Amin, officer-in-charge of Dimla Police Station, adding that they arrested one in this connection.