Dhaka – At least 10 people were injured as two factions of Awami League clashed in Nilaksha union of Raipura upazila in Narsingdi on Sunday flouting Section 144 .Quoting locals, Saidur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Narsingdi Detective Branch of police, said Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju, MP from Raipura, Raipura upazila chairman Mizanur Rahman along with other local leaders of Awami League went to Nilaksha union around noon to seek votes for Rajib Ahmed, member candidate in the Zila Parishad polls,UNB news agency reported.As the motorcade of MP, escorted by law enforcers and around 200 AL activists astride100 motorcycles, reached the union, the followers of Abdul Haque, former chairman of the union and an AL leader, also gathered there.Later, both groups locked into a fierce clash which spilled over into 6/7 villages of the union, leaving at least 10 people injured.At least 10 houses were also torched at Kauyabari, Shahir Bari and Amirabad villages during the melee.Haque’s supporters also confined the MP to the union parishad complex for an hour.The local administration imposed the Section 144 at three places of Raipura upazila on November 18 following a clash between two factions of Awami League.
