Bagerhat: At least 50 people were injured, including eight with bullets, in a clash between two groups of villagers at Uttarkandi village in Mollahat upazila yesterday morning, reports UNB.
Khairul Anam, officer-in-charge of Mollahat police station, said there was a long standing dispute between UP member candidate of no 1 ward of Udaypur union Azizur Rahman Muku of Astail village and member candidate of no 2 ward of the union Kamrul Islam.
A clash ensued between their supporters on Thursday night as Rais Molla, brother of Kamrul, brought a sex worker at Udaypur village from Khulna.
As a sequel to the incident, supporters of Azizur and Kamrul attacked each other in the morning which left at least 50 people injured, including eight with bullets.
Fifteen houses were also vandalised during the clash.
On information, police rushed in and opened fire in the air to bring the situation under control.
Additional police have been deployed to avoid further trouble.