30 injured in AL factional clash at Pabna
Our Correspondent, Pabna
At least 30 leaders and activists of Pabna district Awami Legue (AL) and its front organisations were injured in an hour-long clash between two rival groups of the party yesterday morning.Witnesses said the clash erupted during the second executive body meeting of the newly formed Pabna district AL committee at the district AL office. The rival groups attacked each other with knives, hockey sticks and iron rods, sources said. The district AL office was also ransacked during the clash. Shamsur Rahman Sharif Dilu, president of Pabna district AL, told reporters that the clash started when a group of unruly AL activists attacked the committee meeting. Former member of parliament Advocate Amzad Hossen, 70, district AL Vice-president Abul Kalam Azad Babu, 45, and district AL leader Azizur Rahman Tinku, 42, Habibur Rahman Habib, 46, are among the senior leaders who were seriously injured in the clash. They were all admitted to Pabna Sadar Hospital while doctors referred Tinku to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) last night. Sources said the clash was a reflection of an ongoing rivalry between the loyalist of the newly formed Pabna district AL President Shamsur Rahman Sharif Dilu MP, General Secretary Samsul Haque Tuku and the former MP Waziuddin Khan and Mosharraf Hossain. Dilu and Tuku were declared persona non-grata in Pabna by their rival group a few days ago, sources said. Pabna district AL in an urgent meeting last night issued show cause notices to four senior leaders of the district committee and asked them to explain why disciplinary measures should not be taken against them for violating party discipline.
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