[Bangla Daily Star] Two coppers and five activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir... the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh...
, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami
...
The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
, were maimed in a clash at Nangalkot upazila in Comilla Saturday.
The clash erupted when a patrol team of the law enforcers came under attack by Shibir activists in Eidgah Maidan area in the evening, quoting Shwapan Debnath, officer-in-charge of Nangalkot Police Station, our Comilla correspondent reports.
The Shibir activists, gathered at an earlier time, threw brick chips at the coppers during the clash that left two cops injured, the OC said.
Police fired 17 rounds of rubber bullets and five tear-shell canisters to bring the situation under control, he added.
About 50 Shibir men at a meeting were planning for arson attacks in the upcoming Jamaat shutdown called for August 13 and 14, the police official alleged.
Jamaat upazila unit ameer claimed that five Shibir activists sustained bullet injuries in the clash, the correspondent said.
Fearing arrest the ameer requested this correspondent not to disclose his name and the names of the injured Shibir members.