Satkhira BCL, JP clash: 25 injured

30 March 2009, 18:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Satkhira.

At least 25 people were injured in a clash between the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiya Party (JP-Ershad) at Shyamnagar upazila headquarters on Sunday night. The trouble began at around 7:30pm when some JP activists threw brickbats on a BCL procession in front of Bismillah Market. The BCL took out the procession protesting dissolution of their upazila unit by the district committee. After a few minutes, the BCL activists swooped on the JP men and ransacked their local office, which led to a clash between the activists of the ruling Awami League's student front and the grand alliance partner. Witnesses said they used sharp weapons and hurled brickbats at each other during the clash that continued for about three hours, leaving 25 from both sides injured. Of them, BCL activists Abdul Kader, Suman, SM Abdus Sattar, Shaheed Sobhan and Ayub Ali and JP activists Hashem Ali, Alamgir, Mithu, Babu and Keramat Ali were admitted to upazila Health Complex. The rest were given first aid. Police charged batons on the clashing groups and brought the situation under control. Local BCL and JP leaders blamed each other for the incident.