Teen-Boy Killed In BNP’s Factional Clash

A teenage boy has died from severe injuries who suffered during clashes between two factions of BNP at Hajiganj upazila in Chandpur district on Friday.

He died at a hospital in Dhaka around 8:00pm on Saturday while undergoing treatment.

The deceased was identified as Saimun, 14, son of Md Yunus, a resident of Charbakila village under Sadar upazila of the district. But he used to live with his family in Hajiganj municipality and was a student of a Hifz madrasa.

Hajiganj police station’s Officer-in-Charge Mohiuddin Faruk confirmed the death.

The victim’s father said Saimun went to the Hajganj Bazar and got caught in clashes between the two groups of BNP, leaving around 50 people including him injured.

He was first rushed to a local hospital and later shifted to Cumilla Medical College Hospital and subsequently to a Dhaka hospital for better treatment, his father said.

The clashes occurred between the factions led by engineer Mominul Haque, former president of Chandpur BNP and a member of BNP’s central executive committee, in Hajiganj upazila.

A case was filed with the Hajiganj Police Station accusing 400 people in this regard on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the joint forces have arrested two youths-Mohammad Rifat, 19, and Md Imran Hossain, 23, in this connection.