Clash over public toilet: 10 hurt

Staff Correspondent
Two groups of people clashed over control of a public toilet at the city's Rainkhola of Mirpur last night, leaving at least 10 people injured, three of them seriously. Of the injured, Habib Chowdhury, 70, and his son-in-law Mamun Hossain alias Swapan, 35, were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with stab injuries. Injured Habib said one Lutfor Rahman of Rainkhola along with his followers swooped on them at around 8:00pm and forced them out of control of the public toilet that they took lease from the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC). Shah Ali police said the clash took place between the former lease holder and new lease holder of the toilet.