UP chairman held over Rajshahi AL factional clash

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UNB, Rajshahi :
The Detective Branch (DB) of Rajshahi district police arrested a union parishad (UP) chairman in a case filed over a clash between two rival factions of the ruling Awami League in Rajshahi’s Bagha upazila.
The arrestee is Merajul Islam, chairman of Pakuria union and former general secretary of district Chhatra League.
Sajjad Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bagha Police Station, said DB arrested Merajul from Rajshahi city’s Shiroil area on Thursday morning.
Earlier on Monday, at least 25 people including police members were injured in the clash during the party’s tri-annual conference at Bagha upazila.
The incident occurred around 11am at Shahdowla Government College premises in the upazila.

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