At least 20 people, including two policemen, were injured in a turf battle between two local factions of the Awami League on Thursday, in Kushtia's Khoksa upazila.
More than 50 houses were ransacked at the Komorbhog village of the upazila during the hour-long mayhem, which followed a factional clash earlier on Wednesday.
There had been a long-running feud between local Awami League leader and Osmanpur Union Parishad Member Jabed Ali and party activist Noyon, said Kamruzzaman Talukdar, officer-in-charge of Khoksa police station.
Supporters of these two groups got into an altercation on Wednesday, leading to chase and counter chase.
The feud continued the next day, as the supporters of the two groups swooped down on each other with sharp weapons, the OC said.
Locals rescued the injured and sent them to Khoksa Upazila Health Complex where the doctors referred critically wounded Shahjahan Ali, 45, to Kushtia General Hospital, OC Kamruzzaman said.
An uneasy calm is prevailing in the village now after the clash.
"Three cases have been filed with the police station in connection with the incidents and 19 have been arrested. Additional policemen have been deployed in the area," the OC added.
