Police club job seekers, 20 hurt

Several thousand applicants gathered at Bangladesh Railway's Western Zone office in the morning for physical test for jobs in four posts.

When they learnt that the test was postponed following a High Court injunction on Monday, they barricaded the rail track.

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At one stage, they lay on the railway tracks and blocked the Padma Express at around 9am.

At 10.30am, authorities called GR police who virtually failed to control the situation. Later, riot police of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police came and dispersed them by charging batons.

The injured were given first aid at different clinics and at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.