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60 hurt as villagers clash

12 July 2009, 17:00 PM

A Correspondent, Gopalganj

At least 60 people including a union parishad (UP) chairman were injured in a clash between the people of two unions here over teasing a school girl in Sadar upazila on Sunday, police and witnesses said. A gang often teased a student of a high school in Kathi union on her way to school. When the girl's maternal uncle protested it on Sunday, the teasers started beating him at Kathi Bazar. A few people of neighbouring Majhigati union tried to resist the attackers. At this the teasers attacked them resulting in a bloody clash. Kathi union chairman Kamrul Islam Mollah was also assaulted during the clash and his motorbike was set on fire. No sooner had the news spread, people of Kathi union rushed to the spot and locked in a fierce clash. Both the groups were equipped with lethal weapons like knives, rods and sticks.