At least six people, including a woman, were injured in a five-hour clash over a piece of land in Gazipur’s Sripur upazila on Saturday.
In this connection, police have arrested three persons who were who were allegedly hired from Mymensingh to take possession of the land.
Quoting locals, Inspector (investigation) at Sripur police station Abul Kashem said the dispute had been going on between Shamsuddin Morol and Midul Ahmed for quite a number of days,
Both sides went to take possession of the land along with hired men at 11am on Saturday and they were locked in the clash, leaving six persons injured, he said.
During the clash, they used locally-made weapons, including sharp machetes and harpoons, said Inspector Kashem. On information, police rushed in and both sides went at the law enforcers forcing them to fire blank shots in self-defense, he said.
Shamsuddin Morol filed a case with Sripur police station against over 100 persons.
