An upazila level Chhatra Dal leader was killed, and five others were injured during a clash between two factions of Jatiotabadi Chhatra Dal, student front of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Ghior upazila health complex premises in Manikganj Monday noon.
The deceased is Lavlu Mia, 40, former Ghior upazila Jatiotabadi Chhatra Dal general secretary.
Mehedi Hasan Sani, joint general secretary of Ghior Upazila Chhatra Dal, said that the clash erupted over establishing dominance in the Ghior bus stand area, where BNP activists were assaulted by miscreants. Former Chhatra Dal leader Lavlu Mia rescued the injured and took them to the health complex. However, the assailants attacked Lavlu with sharp weapons, killing him on the spot.
Rafiqul Alam, officer-in-charge of Ghior police station, said that the incident seemed to be rooted in a conflict over dominance.
鈥楢n investigation is underway, and legal actions are in process,鈥� he added.