In Pabna`s Atghoria upazila on Sunday night, there was a brawl between the supporters of two opposing candidates for upazila chairman, which resulted in at least 10 injuries.
In the upazila`s Motigacha village, there was a clash between supporters of Tanvir Hossain and Saiful Islam Kamal, his opponent.
According to the locals, Tanvir`s supporters were being attacked by Kamal`s men at 10:00 p.m. as they were making their way back to their localities after setting up an election camp.
The injured were admitted to the Atghoria Upazila Health Complex.
According to Md Hadiul Islam, the officer-in-charge of the Atghoria Police Station, Tanvir—who is also the current chairman of the Atghoria Upazila Parishad—and Kamal each blamed one another for the violence.
The OC said, the law enforcers are looking into it.
