10 injured in BNP infighting in Chattogram

Ten people were injured in a clash between two factions of BNP during a meeting at the party’s office at Nasimon Bhaban in the city on Tuesday, UNB reports.

Nezam Uddin, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station, said local unit BNP decided to hold a series of meetings centring the North District unit council with upazila, municipality and union-level leaders.

The meeting will be arranged in presence of the party’s central leaders.

As per the party’s decision, two meetings were to take place at the party’s office at Nasimon Bhaban on Tuesday.

The leaders of Raozan upazila unit BNP were scheduled to participate in a meeting on Tuesday afternoon.

Around 2:00pm, a scuffle took place among the supporter of Sarwar Alamgir, a convener of Fatikchhari unit BNP, and Golam Akbar Khandaker, convener of North district unit BNP when Akbar asked the supporters of Alamgir to leave the place.

At one stage, both groups attacked each other, leaving ten people injured.

However, no complaint was lodged in this connection, said OC.