15 injured in police action on farmers
Unb, Jamalpur
At least 15 farmers, agitating for fertiliser, were injured in police action at Dharmakura Bazaar in Islampur upazila of the district yesterday.Local sources said several hundred farmers turned violent as they failed to get fertiliser after standing in a long queue for hours in front of dealer's shop. Police clubbed the agitating farmers, leaving at least 15 farmers wounded. Of the injured, two were identified as Madhob Ali and Habibur Rahman. Scarcity of fertiliser was reported from different districts at the beginning of boro plantation.
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Bags of fertilisers are piled up at Gabtoli in the capital when a scarcity of fertiliser prevails in some parts of the country. PHOTO: STAR |
