23 injured in Gaibandha as pro-AL men clash
At least 23 people were injured during a clash between the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Swechchhasebok League over establishing supremacy at Palashbari upazila headquarters on Monday night.
Police said both sides used lethal weapons and chased each other during the clash that continued for two hours. They also damaged a Gaibandha-bound BRTC passenger bus, which was passing through the upazila sadar during the incident.
Locals said BCL activists beat up Sharifuzzaman Pallab, organising secretary of upazila Swechchhasebok league, near Shilpi Hotel Sunday afternoon and the Monday night's clash was a sequel to that incident.
As the law enforcers from the local police station failed to disperse the clashing groups, riot police from the district headquarters rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.
A tense situation was prevailing at the upazila headquarters as of filing of this report at 6:00pm yesterday. Addition police have been deployed there to avert any further clash.
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