Attack on BNP meeting, six injured
Six BNP men were injured in an attack allegedly by AL activists at Jangalia Bazaar in Mehendiganj upazila of the district yesterday.
Among the injured, Abdus Sattar and Abul Kalam were admitted to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital while the rest were treated at a local clinic.
Md Azad, president of Jangalia union unit of BNP, who was also injured, said leaders and activists of Hizla and Mehendiganj upazila units of BNP arranged a joint meeting yesterday for making schedules of iftar parties at the union BNP offices in the upazilas.
When the meeting was going on, a group of AL activists led by union AL secretary Md Mainuddin swooped on the BNP men, injuring at least six of them.
Refuting the alligation, AL leader Mainuddin said the meeting was foiled by a rival faction of the local unit of BNP.
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