AL, BNP clashes leave 2 killed in Narsingdi

News Desk :

Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a clash between activists of Awami League (AL) and BNP over establishing supremacy in a remote char under Raipura upazila of Narsingdi early Friday.

The deceased Amin, 23, son of Khorshed Mia, Bashar, 35, son of Barek Haji, were said to be followers of the AL, with Amin sustaining gunshots.

Police and locals said there had long been a dispute between freedom fighter Abdur Salam Mia, also AL president of the ward No-9 unit of Chanpur union, his ally Sohag, joint secretary of the union AL and rival Samsu Member, president of the union BNP, reports UNB.

Earlier, Salam and Sohag’s supporters had driven Samsu Member and his followers away from the area when their party was in power.

But following the changeover in the country on August 5 last, Samsu and his group returned home and tensions escalated in the area.

Early this morning around 5am, Salam and his followers tried to enter the area but faced a barrier from Samsu Member’s supporters, resulting in a clash between the rivals.

The clash left two killed and 10 others injured. Of them, Amin was shot while Bashar was severely wounded by a spear and knife attack.

The injured were taken to several hospitals and the bodies were sent to the Narsingdi Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.

Narsingdi Superintendent of Police (SP) Md. Abdul Hannan said they heard that two people were killed, forcing them to deploy additional police personnel to ward off any unexpected incident further.