10 injured as villagers clash

Unb, Munshiganj
At least 10 people were injured as villagers clashed at Nalbuniakandi village under Munshiganj Sadar upazila on Sunday. Police quoting locals said Khorshed Bepari of the village brought his daughter Shilpi Begum to his house as her husband Kamrul Bepari of the same village tortured her following a quarrel over a trifling matter in the morning. Following an altercation between Kamrul Bepari and his father-in-law Khorshed at around 10:00am, two groups of villagers equipped with lethal weapons attacked each other, leaving 10 people from both sides injured. Of the injured, Khorshed Alam Bepari, 55, and Nazrul Islam Bepari, 36, were admitted to Munshiganj General Hospital while the rest given first aid at the hospital.