25 hurt in Satkhira BNP factional clash

Our Correspondent, Satkhira
At least 25 people were injured, 15 of them seriously, in intermittent clashes between two rival groups of ruling BNP in Kazirhat village in Kalaroa upazila yesterday over possession of a disputed land.

Police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control. Police have been deployed there to avoid further clashes, Kalaroa thana Officer-in-Charge Arzu Mia said.

The seriously injured 15 people have been admitted to Kalaroa Upazila Health complex.

Quoting local people police said, there was a dispute between Kushodanga union BNP vice-president and Kazirhat Bazar Committee Secretary Abdul Hamid and Dhanghora village BNP president Golam Rahman over possession of five decimal of land near the Dhanghora bridge. A case over the land was pending with Kalaroa settlement office.

Yesterday's clashed ensued after Abdul Hamid came under attack by a group of Jatiyabadi Juba Dal activists when they went to the settlement office for hearing of the case.