 JHENIDAH, May 23: Separate factional clashes of the ruling Awami League in the district Saturday left a man dead, 50 others injured and 35 houses vandalized, reports UNB.
Police said Hafizul Islam, a sexagenarian man, was killed and 30 others were injured in a fierce clash between two groups of AL supporters at Dhaura village in Shailakupa upazila over establishing supremacy at the village.
Villagers said Dhalahara union unit AL president and its secretary Motiur Rahman had been in a conflict since the AL came to power. The clash broke out at about 5am as a few supporters of the both groups locked into an altercation over a social issue.
| Social issue in B'desh: likker, wimmin or someone's mustache? |
Later, both the groups, equipped with lethal weapons and rods and sticks, attacked each other, leaving 31 people injured from both sides. Twenty of the injured were admitted to local health complex where Hafizul Islam died soon after admission.
The warring groups also vandalized at least 20 houses in the village during the fight.
| "Empty the likker cabinets!" |
On information, police rushed in and fired six shots in the air to disperse the rowdy people.
| No one was bullet-struck? |
In another incident, at least 20 people were injured and 15 houses damaged in a clash between two groups of AL activists at Kutipara in Sadar upazila.
| Which location is no doubt marked on a map stored in the back of a cabinet in a sub-basement somewhere, in microscopic and unreadable letters. |
Police said there was a dispute between two AL Leaders-Abdul Malek backed by local MP Abdul Manna, and ex-UP Chairman Shahid Shikder backed by the upazila chairman-over taking control over organizational activities.
The clash erupted as supporters of Shahid beat supporters of Malek at about 10am near a river at Jithore village following their past enmity. As the news of attack spread around, Malek's supporters caught two followers of Shahid, triggering a fierce clash between the two groups that left 20 people injured.
| Boys will be boys, even sexagenarians. |
At least 15 houses were damaged during the two-hour clash. Being informed, police appeared at the scene and brought the situation under control. |