10 injured in Sylhet clash

10 August 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent, Sylhet

At least 10 persons including four policemen were injured in a clash between the supporters of "Amra Sylhetbashi" and police at the city's Zindabazar yesterday afternoon. Of the injured lawmen, Subeder Nasir was admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. Police said Jamaat- Shibir activists took out the procession from the city's Registry Maidan at about 4:15pm protesting the price hike of essentials and welcoming the holy month of Ramadan. Officer in Charge (OC) of Kotwali police station Khondaker Naoroj Ahmed said the procession was drawn without the permission of Sylhet Metropolitan Police. When the procession reached Zindabazar, police asked the demonstrators to stop but they refused, the OC said. The protesters hurled bricks and hit some policemen with stick, which instigated the lawmen to use tear gas and charge baton to disperse the mob, police said. Four persons were arrested in this connection, the OC added.