50 hurt in clash over irrigation in Sunamganj

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UNB, Sunamganj :
Over 50 people were injured in a clash between two groups of locals over irrigating crops at Baromoha village in South Sunamganj upazila on Friday morning.
Police said an altercation took place on Thursday between the supporters of Shah Alam Khan and Fazlu Master of the village over irrigating their land in a haor.
As a sequel of the incident, both the groups, equipped with local weapons, were locked in a clash around 9am on Friday. A chase and counter-chase took place during the two-hour long melee
that left 50 people injured from the both groups. On information, police rushed in and brought the situation under control.
Four of the badly injured were whisked off to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.
Officer-in-charge of South Sunamganj Police Station M Al Amin confirmed the incident.
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