<i>No prayer, no fertiliser!</i>
At least 10 people were injured as a group belonging to an Imam beat them over distribution of tokens for fertiliser at Saharbaria village in Gangni upazila in Meherpur.
Farmers said, Akkas Ali, an Imam of Saharbaria mosque was given some tokens to distribute among the farmers Sunday evening. But the Imam gave a 'fatwa' saying tokens will be given to the farmers who go to mosque for prayer regularly.
Later, the farmers led by Mizan, another farmer, went to his house and protested the incident at about 7.30:pm. Imam's men drove them out from the house.
But the farmers again rushed to the Imam's house after about half an hour. At this stage, the Imam's henchmen led by Ekramul started beating the fertilizer-hungry farmers leaving 10 people injured.
Three of them, Mizan 45, Kapo, 28, Kalu, 25, were admitted to Gangni Upazila Health Complex with critical injuries. Being informed, Gangni police visited the spot yesterday morning. When contacted, the officer-in-charge (OC) of Gangni police station said they will investigate the matter and action will be taken after the investigation.
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