More than 15 people were injured in a clash between activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and Bangladesh Nationalist Party over the vacant acting chairman position of Mohdipur union parishad at Palashbari in Gaibanda district on Wednesday.
Zulfikar Ali Bhattu, officer-in-charge of Palashbari police station, said that the chairman鈥檚 post in Mohdipur union parishad had been vacant for a long time.
Palashbari Upazila Nirbahi Officer Kamrul Islam held a meeting with Mohdipur UP members in his office to discuss the issue on the day with leaders and activists from both the BNP and Jamaat in attendance.
The situation deteriorated when an argument over who would assume the acting chairman position escalated into a clash, leaving at least 15 people injured.
Md Mosharraf Hossain, the superintendent of Gaibandha Police, confirmed that army patrols have also been increased in Palashbari to help control the situation.
