UNB, Gopalganj :
At least 50 people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over setting up a new market at Majra village in Kashiani upazila on Saturday.
Officer-in-charge of Kashiani police station M Monir Hossain said Jalal Mollah, a jute trader of Majra Purbapara village, set up a new bazar beside Majrapara Government Primary School some days back.
Faeykuzzaman Sheikh, a ward-7 member of Sajail Union, had been opposing setting up of bazar in the area.
The clash ensued when supporters of Jalal Mollah beat up a follower of Faeykhujamman on Friday evening.
As a sequel to Friday’s incident, both groups equipped with home made weapons attacked each other, triggering a clash that left 50 people injured from both sides. All shops of the new bazar and 40 houses of the area were vandalised during the clash. Of the injured, 13 people were admitted to Kashiani Upazila Health Complex.
