19 Jamaat-Shibir men sued in Nilphamari

Nineteen Jamaat and Shibir men were sued yesterday following a clash with the local activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League in Dimla upazila town of the district on Monday.

The upazila unit BCL filed the case with Dimla Police Station, said Officer-in-Charge Ruhul Amin Khan.

They also arrested an accused, Opiar Rahman, president of the upazila unit of Shibir, he said.

Police and locals said at least six people were injured in a clash between the activists of BCL and Shibir in the area on Monday noon.

The injured include BCL activists Saiful Islam, 25, Faridul Islam, 23, Masud Rana, 24, and Faruk Hossain, 22.

The clash took place when Shibir activists attacked local BCL activists from a procession in the area, alleged Uttam Kumar Roy, general secretary of Dimla upazila unit of BCL.

They brought out a victory procession following release of Abdus Sattar, ameer of the upazila unit of Jamaat, an accused in arson case, he said.

Sattar was released on bail in the case on Monday after staying in the district jail for over two months.

Contacted, Jamaat upazila ameer Sattar refuted the allegation of attacking the BCL activists.