2 cops, Shibir men hurt in Comilla clash

Two policemen and five activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, were injured in a clash at Nangalkot upazila in Comilla Saturday.
The clash erupted when a patrol team of the law enforcers came under attack by Shibir activists in Eidgah Maidan area in the evening, quoting Shwapan Debnath, officer-in-charge of Nangalkot Police Station, our Comilla correspondent reports.
The Shibir activists, gathered at an earlier time, threw brick chips at the policemen during the clash that left two cops injured, the OC said.
Police fired 17 rounds of rubber bullets and five tear-shell canisters to bring the situation under control, he added.
About 50 Shibir men at a meeting were planning for arson attacks in the upcoming Jamaat shutdown called for August 13 and 14, the police official alleged.
Jamaat upazila unit ameer claimed that five Shibir activists sustained bullet injuries in the clash, the correspondent said.
Fearing arrest the ameer requested this correspondent not to disclose his name and the names of the injured Shibir members.