At least five people, including police, were injured in a clash yesterday between two groups of Awami League following the submission of a tender at a hospital in Doulotpur upazila.
Obaidur Rahman, sub-inspector of Doulotpur police station said the supporters of Tokon Chowdhury, brother of a local MP, and upazila Awami League convener committee member Sarder Atiar Rahman’s followers engaged in a clash following the submission of a tender for supplying medicines to the upazila government hospital.
They hurled brick chips and bombs at each other, leaving five injured.
They also vandalized six or seven motorcycles, including that of Ekhushey TV Kushtia correspondent Juhurul Islam.
Of the injured, police personnel Anis and Bazlu were sent to Doulotpur Hospital.
