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20 hurt as pro-AL workers clash at Sadarghat

Staff Correspondent
Two rival factions of Jatiya Ghat Sramik League clashed at Sadarghat area over establishing control of small trades in Sadarghat area yesterday, leaving at least 20 activists injured.
Jatiya Ghat Sramik League is a pro-Awami League organisation.
The clashes erupted at around 3:30 pm when the feuding factions, one led by the president of the organisation - Abdul Jalil Hawlader — and the other by its secretary Delwar Hossain, came face to face with each other.
Both factions were scheduled to attend a reception arranged for local Lawmaker Mijanur Rahman Khan Dipu at East Bengal Field in the area.
They attacked each other with sticks, rods and brickbats, though both groups later denied attacking first. At least 20 people were injured in the clash that lasted for around 30 minutes, sources said.
Locals said traffic movement in the area was brought to a standstill and local businessmen closed their establishments when the violence ensued.
The standstill lasted for over and hour. Eight of the injured were treated at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), seven at Mitford Hospital, one at National Medical College Hospital and the others at other local clinics.
It wasn’t clear who attacked first.
Injured Sabuj Mahmud, from Deiwar's group, told this correspondent that around 300 activists from Deiwar's group had gathered at the cycle stand ground in the ghat at around 3:15pm to march to the reception with banners.
Suddenly around 100 members of Abdul Jalil's group locked into a tussle with them.
Mohammad Fayez from Jalil’s group however said that Deiwar's group attacked their procession so that they (Jalil's group) are unable to attend the reception.
Sadarghat sources said an issue arose between Jalil and Deiwar’s groups over handling of labourers at the ghat on March 9. Since then they have locked in quarrels several times.
Ghat sources also said both parties have been trying to establish control over the footpaths, cycle stands and other trades in the adjacent area for the last couple of months.
Kotwali and Sutrapur Police Stations sources said no case had been filed in this regard.