Two of us had been killed and tons of injured in a bloody conflict between the followers of Tabligh’s Shuray Nezami Zobayer and followers of Maulana Saad of India over occupying the Ijtema arena in Tongi, Gazipur.
The incident took space around 3am as of late (18 December), confirmed Deputy Commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police Atlutmish.
He said, police rushed to the scene accurate now after info of the conflict broke.
The deceased had been identified as Aminul Islam Bachchu Mia, 70, is a resident of Egarsindur explain of Pakundia police space in Kishoreganj district and Belal, 60, of Beraid explain of Dakshin Khan, Dhaka.
Besides, tons of of of us had been injured on both facets. They had been rescued and brought to heaps of local and Dhaka hospitals.
One in every of the deceased was taken to the Dhaka Scientific College Scientific institution where more than 20 amongst the injured had been moreover being treated, said DMCH police outpost to blame Md Faruk.
This day, four platoons of BGB had been deployed in Tongi following the conflict, said BGB’s Public Family Officer Shariful Islam.
In step with a lot of local sources, Saad’s supporters started entering the Ijtema ground around 3am as of late, after sending an commence letter to the followers of Shuray-e-Nezami. Today, Shuray-e-Nezami’s followers, who had been already internal the realm, blocked them with sticks and hurled brickbats.
Later, Saad’s supporters, who had been making an attempt to enter the realm, moreover attacked them. A enormous conflict broke out between the 2 facets. This resulted in casualties on both facets.
Locals alleged that when the Saad supporters entered the bottom, police who had been on responsibility on the Ijtema ground moved away and took space on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Twin carriageway, east of the set.
Media Convener of Jobaer’s followers Habibullah Rahman said, at 2:30am final night, Hasnat Abdullah and Sarjis and some coordinators of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement got here to Kakrail Mosque to articulate about the fitting design to resolve the subject of Saad supporters sending commence letters and making an attempt of rob alter of the Ijtema grounds.
“Rapidly after, we acquired the details that Saad supporters from everywhere the nation had been staying at Belal Mosque on the western aspect of Tongi arena and from there. Then, varied hired goons from everywhere the nation and all their new and broken-down followers from a form of areas armed with fascinating weapons entered Tongi Maidan by breaking the gate of the international tent,” he claimed.
He said, when the Saad supporters saw they had been now not getting any administrative decision, they attacked the Tablighi followers of Shurai Nezami who had been engaged in the preparation work for the Bishwa Ijtema and guarding the Ijtema grounds and had been drowsing at roughly 4am.
“Two of our followers had been killed,” he added.
On the a form of hand, influential Saad supporters’ elder Muaz bin Noor said in a video message, “We’re now up to the pricetag of the Ijtema ground. One in every of our brothers has been martyred in the attack by the supporters of Zobayer.”
Noor claims that many Zobayer supporters are being arrested in the Ijtema grounds with knives and fascinating weapons.
