A Bangladesh Chhatra League member was killed and 17 others sustained injuries on Monday in two separate infightings between rival groups of the ruling party’s associate organisation in Chittagong and Sylhet.
Chhatra League activist Omar Ahmed Riaad, a Sylhet MC College student, was stabbed to death and two others, Najmul and Nasim, were injured during a factional clash at the city’s Tilagarh area, confirms Zedan Al Musa, additional deputy commissioner of Sylhet Metropolitan Police.
The police official said two factions of Tilagarh unit BCL had been at loggerheads over establishing supremacy in the area and as a sequel to the enmity, the supporters of both groups locked into an altercation around 3pm and attacked each other, leaving Omar dead on the spot and two others injured.
Injured Nazmul and Nasim were taken to Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital.
Police arrested a Sylhet City Corporation staff Fakhrul Isalm, 30, from the area on suspicion of being involved in the incident.
Meanwhile in Chittagong, at least 15 people were injured in infighting between two Chhatra League groups on the premises of Chittagong College, reports our Chittagong correspondent
The clash ensued around 11am over establishing supremacy between the followers of the former city mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury and Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam BSc reportedly locked into the clash, police said.
ASI Alauddin Talukdar of the Chittagong Medical College Hospital’s police outpost said five people belonging to the two rival groups had been admitted to the CMCH.
Nurul Huda, officer-in-charge of Chawkbazar police station, told the Dhaka Tribune that some people sustained injuries when they engaged in an internecine feud.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
