At least three people, including a local UP chairman, were injured in a clash between two rival Jubo League groups over the organisation’s council in Nikli upazila on Friday.
The injured are Fazlur Rahman, 60, chairman of Gurui union, Jubo League leader Anisul Haque Nikul and his brother Titu.
Of them, Fazlur was sent to Dhaka’s Labaid hospital in critical condition. Police also arrested Anisul and Titu yesterday after Fazlur’s son Zakir Hossain filed a case against them.
Sources said the council of Jubo League’s Gurui union was supposed to be held on Saturday but two rival groups got embroiled in a clash over it at around 9pm on Friday. Jubo League leader Anisul and his supporters swooped on Fazlur, also a local Awami League leader, and hacked him indiscriminately.
Later, Fazlur’s supporters attacked Anisul and his brother Titu, and confined them to a house after beating them up.
“Police later arrived on the scene and rescued Anisul and Titu from the house. They were arrested today in connection with the case filed by the chairman’s son,” said Mahbub Alam, officer-in-charge of Nikli police station, yesterday.
