35 injured in AL-BNP clash in Magura
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
MAGURA, May 24 (UNB): At least 35 activists of Awami League (AL) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) were injured in a fierce clash at Sarangadia under Sreepur Upazila Monday.
Of the injured, Akhter (40), Mukter (35) and Latif (40), were admitted to Faridpur Medical College Hospital in critical condition.
Police and witnesses said there was a longstanding dispute between Sreepur Thana Jubo Dal President Ashraful Islam Nalim and local AL leader Akmal Hossain over establishing supremacy at the village.
As a sequel to the enmity, the two groups locked into an altercation over a trifling matter in the morning.
Later, both the groups equipped with lethal weapons and sticks attacked each other, leaving some 35 activists injured from both sides.
Of the injured, Akhter (40), Mukter (35) and Latif (40), were admitted to Faridpur Medical College Hospital in critical condition.
Police and witnesses said there was a longstanding dispute between Sreepur Thana Jubo Dal President Ashraful Islam Nalim and local AL leader Akmal Hossain over establishing supremacy at the village.
As a sequel to the enmity, the two groups locked into an altercation over a trifling matter in the morning.
Later, both the groups equipped with lethal weapons and sticks attacked each other, leaving some 35 activists injured from both sides.