Clash over mosque land dispute kills 1 in Habiganj

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Habiganj Correspondent :
A young man was killed and five others were injured in a clash at Kanaipur village in Nabiganj upazila on Saturday morning over mosque land dispute. The deceased was identified as Sabur Miah, 26.
Ataur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Nabiganj Police Station, said that there had been a dispute between Sabur and Abdul Barique of the village over land boundary of a mosque.
As a sequel to the dispute, they locked into an altercation on Friday after Jumma prayers.
Following the altercation, supporters of both groups being equipped with homemade weapons locked into a fierce clash around 10am, which left Sabur dead on the spot and five others injured.
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