25 injured as AL ward commissioner's visit to tense Sweeper Colony sets off clashes in Bangshal
UNB
Publish: 11 Jul 2024, 04:22 PM
Dhaka,
July 10 (UNB)--At least twenty-five people were injured in a clash between
followers of the Commissioner of Ward no 33 in the capital's Bangshal and
residents of the ward's Sweeper Colony who are fighting eviction by the city
corporation on Wednesday.
The injured are being
treated at different hospitals including Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.
Sweeper Shubodas, who
was injured in the clash, said that the situation in the colony was already
tense as they are at risk of eviction.
"In addition, the
threat of the commissioner's men made us more tense," Shubodas said.
"This morning, the South City Corporation handed over the keys to 72 new
rooms in our colony. After the programme, hundreds of supporters of the
commissioner tried to enter and we obstructed them."
"When we obstructed
them, they threw bricks at us, leaving several injured," he added.
Of the injured, some
were identified as Shubhodas, 36, Karan, 22, Niranjan, 65, Niloy Das, 18, Ripon
Das, 25, Ajay Kumar, 22, Veeru Das, 44, Sakal Das, 24, Manoj Kumar, 30, and
Sameer Das, 35.
One of the supporters of
Commissioner Haji Awal Hossain said they along with the commissioner went to
the colony to discuss an unresolved issue this morning. Seeing them, the
sweepers asked them to leave the colony.
"At one point, they
threw bricks from the top of the building, leaving at least 10 of us
injured," he said.
Later, four of them were
sent to Dhaka Medical. They are Maqbul Hossain, 50, former Jubo League
organizing secretary of ward number 33, and members of Asad Gate AL unit Md
Nayem, 40, Md Rubel, 38 and Rubel Gazi, 35.
Bachchu Mia, in-charge
of DMCH police camp, said about 20-25 people received treatment at Dhaka
Medical over the clash at Bangshal sweeper colony.
The matter was informed
to Bangshal police station, he added.
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