At least 10 people were injured as two factions of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party clashed in Gazipur鈥檚 Kaliakair upazila on Sunday over formation of the new upazila committee of the party.
Chase and counter-chase between the factions took place in the Saheb Bazar area of the upazila in the afternoon and police fired tear gas shells to control the situation, leaving at least 10 activists from both factions injured.
According to the party source, the convening committees of Kaliakair upazila BNP and municipal BNP were announced on Saturday but a faction rejected the committee.
On Sunday morning, leaders and activists of the deprived faction staged a demonstration demanding the cancellation of the committee while another faction brought out a procession celebrating the committee leading to a clash between the factions.
On information, police arrived at the scene and tried to calm the leaders and activists of both the factions and at one point they charged several rounds of tear shells to disperse the factions.
The clash between the two factions created a tense situation in the area causing panic among local people.
Members of the law enforcement agencies were deployed in the Saheb Bazar area to avoid any untoward incident.
Kaliakair police officer-in-charge Abdul Mannan confirmed the incident and said that the situation was calm at the moment.
He also said that no leaders and activists of the party were arrested in the incident.