One was killed and 18 others were injured in a clash between the supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami over an enmity of electing the president of the school managing committee at Mirpur upazila of Kushtia on Monday.
The deceased is Khokon Molla, 35, son of Nousher Molla of Burapara in the upazila. He is an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami.
Mominul Islam, officer-in-charge of Mirpur police station, said that there had been enmity between Nasim Reza Mukul, amir of Amla union unit Jamaat-e-Islami and local BNP activist Rashed Mahmud Nasir, centring the president post of the ad hoc committee of Murapara Secondary High School committee.
On Monday morning, a clash ensued between the two groups when they gathered in the area centring the meeting, leaving 19 people injured.
Of the injured, six people got admitted to Mirpur upazila health complex while the others got admitted to the 150-bed Kushtia General Hospital.
Among the injured, Khokon died on way to Dhaka Ibn Sina Hospital from Kushtia General Hospital, said professor Mawlana Abul Hashem, amir of Kushtia district unit Jamaat-e-Islami.
