10 hurt as two pro-AL bodies clash in Sylhet

At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two associate bodies of the ruling Awami League in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet on Tuesday.

Police quoted locals as saying that two groups -- one led by local Jubo League activist Sohel and the other by Swechchhasebak League activist Chayon Pal -- locked in an altercation at Tajpur Mangal Chand Nishikanto High School over entering the school compound during the polling of students' cabinets.

At one stage, the groups attacked each other with sticks and bamboos that left at least 10 people from both sides injured, said Mohammad Mursalin, officer-in-charge of Osmaninagar Police Station.