Shaheb Bazar normal

Cloth traders and jewellers reopened their shops and resumed normal business activities at Rajshahi Shaheb Bazar yesterday. On Sunday, cloth traders at the market observed hartal protesting Saturday's attack allegedly by jewellers while jewellers kept their business shut fearing reprisal. A violent clash between cloth traders and jewelers on Saturday left at least 50 people, including traders, policemen and journalist, injured. Witnesses said the clash erupted when two cloth traders assaulted a jeweler at his shop over selling a gold chain. The news prompted the jewelers to retaliate and they ransacked 30 cloth shops and damaged furniture and other properties. The cloth traders at a meting yesterday demanded compensation for the damaged goods and punishment to the jewellers responsible for ransacking their shops.