At least people. Including two police personnel, were injured in an armed clash between the local youths of Palashi and Aziinpur areas yesterday afternoon.

In another armed clash between two local groups at Nakhalpara area yesterday afternoon at least five people ii.i hiding a risckshaWpuiler rixcivdd serious bullet wo-

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More than 50 rounds ol । gunshot* were fired while

dozens of homemade bombs were blasted, creating panic in Palashi. A mob ransacked at least 10 shops and stalls, and damaged rickshaws In the area at about 2 pm. witnesses said.

Of the Injured' four persons including a woman who received bullet or bomb injuries were identified as U-ton, 18. Parveen. 30. and two police constables - Abdul All. 30. and Abdul Motin. 31. hospital sources said. Others who received minor injuries were taken to city clinics, locals said.

Starting at around noon, the clash continued for more than two hours. It began following an assault on a local youth reportedly belonging to the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) at the Palashi crossing earlier, witness said.

Later, in the afternoon, the clash Bpreadin the ar^ and a gang from Azimpur. armed with fire arms and crackers, attacked the local youths at Palashi. The feud at the next stage centred on the murder of an orphan boy of Salimullah Muslim Orphanage In Aziinpur a couple of moths ago locals alleged

Meanwhile, the feuding groups at one stage clashed with obc> when they tried Io bring the une .vy Murntton under control witnesses added

None was arrested in this connection till lam night, no Ike ...Ki

At Nakhal|xira Bacchu Mteh 22. was hit by a stray bullet in his right chest during the clash at about 4 pm He was admitted at the Dhaka Medical College I lospital (DMCH) in critical condition

The.clash between the local gangs took place reportedly for gaining control of drug business and extortion In the area, police anil local sources said.

Several gunshots were 11red and crackers blasted mainly at a slum near Hossain All High School, witnesses said adding that one of the feuding groups also set fire to three huts of the slum

Witnesses said that local people staged -demonstration in front of Tejgaon thana in

the evening as the police on duty rrp' rtedlv refused to take any effective measures Io resist the violence. Later, the commissioner of Ward 38 went Io the thana to discussed the matter.

Residents of the area yesterday said that the clash erupted following the blast of iwo or three cocktails near the house of a local BNP leader at around noon

Il was learnt that the two groups were fighting for establishing hold in the area for ’he last few days. Another teenaged boy Shimanto. >8. was injured In a similar clash Sunday morning, hospital sources said

However. Tejgaon police could not give details of the violence In the area last night.