Jamaat activist dies, 50 others injured in clash with BNP in Sherpur

Bangla Press Desk:  An activist of Jamaat-e-Islami, Rezaul Karim, has succumbed to his injuries after his partymen engaged in a violent clash with BNP members at Mini Stadium, Jhenaigati upazila, Sherpur on Wednesday noon.

At least 50 political activists from both sides were injured in the clash, with Jamaat claiming at least half of the victims were its men.

The conflict erupted over “taking the front seat” at an all-party election programme at Mini Stadium. The upazila administration had organised the programme to allow all the candidates to read out their respective manifestoes for general people.

Shortly before launching the programme, the event’s chair Ashraful Alam Rasel, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) and assistant returning officer, took his seat at the front stage.

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