Infighting foils Ctg AL rally
A rally of Awami League, where Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain was addressing as the chief guest, was foiled as two factions of the ruling party locked into clash in Hathazai upazila of Chittagong this afternoon.
Local AL organised the rally at Parbotipur School premises to accord a reception to MA Salam, Chittagong District Council chairman, reports our Chittagong correspondent.
Two factions, one led by the upazila unit AL General Secretary Sourab Hossain Chowdhury Noman and another by AL leader Manjur Alam Manju -- locked into the clash while the minister was addressing the rally around 5:30pm.
At one stage, the minister left the rally venue after he failed to bring the situation under control, witnesses said.
Sourab Hossain Chowdhury Noman alleged that the followers of Manju are behind the attack.
Manjur Alam Manju alleged that there was no discipline at the programme venue from the very beginning. Seeing the chaotic situation, agitated activists of Jubo League and Chhatra League carried out the attack.
Belal Md Jahangir, officer-in-charge of Hathazari Police Station, said additional police were deployed at the spot to avert untoward situation.
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