10 injured in AL factional clash in Savar

At least 10 leaders and activists sustained minor injuries in a factional clash at a meeting of the ruling Awami League at Talbag in Savar outside the capital yesterday morning.

Among the injured Savar Upazila AL unit president Hasina Daula, also Dhaka Zila Parishad administrator; general secretary Ali Hayder and AL lawmaker Enamur Rahman were given first aid.

Party sources said Hayder called the preparatory meeting at the residence of Enamur Rahman over a central programme to be held on November 2.

Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, Jubo League and AL clashed there as Hayder called the meeting without the prior permission of Hasina Daula, they said.

Enamur Rahman said the followers of Hayder and the unit joint secretary Monjurul Alom Razib clashed.