AL infighting leaves one dead in Kushtia

KUSHTIA, Oct 6 (UNB): A man was killed and five others were injured in a clash between two factions of Awami League (AL) at Dhalsa village in Mirpur upazila on Friday morning.

The deceased was identified as Shamsul Islam Haque (50), an AL activist.

Azizur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mirpur thana, said supporters of Chhatian union parishad chairman and also union unit of AL president Jasim Uddin Mandal locked into a clash with the supporters of its AL general secretary Tasel Ali Mondol around 8:00 am over establishing supremacy in the area, leaving a man dead on the spot and five others injured.

The injured were taken to Mirpur health complex.

Police, however, detained Fuad in this connection.