OUR CORRESPONDENT, Patuakhali

Clashes between the two groups of local Awami League left at least 20 people injured and properties damaged in Rangabali upazila.

The groups in Charmontaj island began attacking each other around 11:00pm on Tuesday and the intermittent clashes went on until around 2:00am yesterday, police and locals said.

They vandalised one shop and damaged over 10 motorcycles parked in front of the union Awami League unit office.

The groups, one led by Charmontaj Union AL President Monir Hossain Pada and the other by ward AL President Bashir Khan, engaged in the clash over establishing supremacy in the villages, locals said.

None of them could be reached for comments.

Additional police have been deployed in the area to avert further violence, said Mizanur Rahman, in-charge of Charmontaj Police Outpost.