The mother of BNP leader Nityalal Das succumbed to her injuries yesterday after she was wounded in a post-polls attack allegedly by local Awami League (AL) cadres at Kuliarchar in Kishoreganj on December 30.
Criminals stabbed a shrimp-enclosure owner to death and injured three others hurling a bomb at Sahapara under Doulatpur upazila in Khulna last night.
At least 12 people were injured in separate clashes in Narail, Mymensingh and Manikganj and on Rajshahi and Shahjalal University campuses.
Nityalal’s mother Subhashini Das, 85, who was admitted to Kuliarchar Health Complex in the morning, succumbed to her wounds in the afternoon, UNB reports.
AL activists allegedly attacked the house of Nityalal Das, president of Ward-3 BNP, on December 30 and hacked Nityalal, his mother, sister and wife when they tried to resist them.
Nityalal was admitted to Bhagalpur Zohurul Islam Medical College Hospital. Later, he was shifted to Apollo Hospital in Dhaka.
Shrimp-enclosure owner Parvez Hawlader, 28, an AL activist, died when criminals stabbed him at his home around 3:30pm, our staff correspondent in Khulna reports
The criminals also hurled a bomb that injured neighbours Subarna Saha, 60, Rekha Saha, 35, and Dilip Saha, 55.
Locals said local BNP activists made the attack following a feud over shrimp business.
A correspondent from Narail reports: At least five people, including a UP member and three women, were injured in post-election violence in Kalia upazila
The followers of independent lawmaker-elect Kabirul Haque Mukti in Narail-1 constituency allegedly attacked UP member Maolana Mohiuddin of Peroli union.
Mukti’s supporters also allegedly attacked BNP activists Khadiza Begum, 45, Hafizur Rahman, 50, Jahanara Begum, 30, of Sharashpur village, leaving them injured.
UNB adds: A tense situation was prevailing at the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology yesterday as rival factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League, student wing of AL, engaged in a series of clashes to establish supremacy on the campus.
Members of Soumitra-Asad group beat up Pappu of Arif-Moloy group. He was admitted to the intensive care unit of Osmani Medical College Hospital.
Witnesses said BCL activists of the two rival groups being armed with rods and sticks chased and counter-chased one another on the campus.
Police at about 3:00pm recovered weapons from the members of both the groups.
The two rival BCL leaders Hasan Al Arif and Asaduzzaman Asad accused each other of extortion and criminal activities.
Our RU correspondent adds: Tension ran high on the Rajshahi University campus as BCL activists drove away Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) activists from Shaheed Ziaur Rahman and Shah Mukhdum halls yesterday.
BCL activists also captured the rooms of the Shibir men in both the dormitories.
Sources said a group of BCL activists, led by Komol and Suhin forced the Shibir activists at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Hall to vacate their rooms.
Later, BCL men chased Shibir activists at Shah Mukhdum hall and also locked their rooms. They also tore Shibir posters and banners at the hall.
Earlier, hundreds of BCL activists staged demonstration in front of Mother Bux hall on Saturday night after some of them found Shibir leaflets inside their rooms at the hall.
When a group of BCL activists tried to attack the Mother Bux and Amir Ali halls, Shibir activists locked the main gates and took position inside the halls.
Some angry BCL activists tore posters and banners of Shibir and BNP at different RU halls.
When contacted, BCL General Secretary Ayeen Uddin denied BCL activists’ ousting Shibir activists and capturing their rooms.
Shibir President Delwar Hossain told journalists that Shibir wants to live with other student organisations on the campus.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (Motiher Zone) Zahangir Hossain said additional policemen were deployed on the campus to avoid any untoward incident.
University Proctor Enamul Haque said they asked the student organisations to refrain from fighting each other on the campus.
Two village doctors were badly wounded in an attack allegedly by AL activists at Maheshpur Bazar in Iswarganj upazila of Mymensingh, UNB adds.
Victims Mujibur Rahman and Mizanur Rahman were admitted to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.
Witnesses and police said a group of AL activists accusing the village doctors of supporting BNP in the December 29 elections beat them up around 5:00pm. A number of shopkeepers rescued them and rushed them to the hospital.
Our Manikganj correspondent adds: AL activists beat up Mozammel Haq, chairman of Shayesta union parishad in Shibalay upazila.
Police said a group of AL activists intercepted Mozammel, also a local leader of BNP, when he was going through Shayesta Bazar in the afternoon on a motorbike. The motorbike was taken away.
Villagers rescued him and rushed him to Shibalay Health Complex..
Police arrested Tipu and Mutaleb in this connection and recovered the motorbike.
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