50 hurt in AL infighting

Narsingdi: At least 50 people were injured as supporters of two groups of the local unit of Awami League locked in a clash in Raypura upazila of Narsingdi on Sunday morning.
The Raypura police said two groups of local AL—one led by Mosharaf Hossain, president of Mirzapur union unit of the ruling party, and another led by Asad Miah, vice-president of the same unit—had been at loggerheads over establishing supremacy in the area.
On Saturday evening, some supporters of Misharaf stabbed three supporters of Asad Miah.
Following this, supporters of both the groups locked in an altercation at Pirpur village at about 8:00am on Sunday.
Later, they engaged in a clash with local weapons and fought a pitched battle when several chases and counter chases took place, leaving at least 50 people injured.
At a stage, the clash spilled into the adjacent Pirijkandi and Maddhapara villages.
The clashers vandalised and torched around 12 houses, reports local news agency.
A team of police from Raypura Police Station went to the spot.