The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Shariatpur

At least 10 people were injured in a clash between local people and supporters of a UP chairman at Nawapara in Naria upazila Monday midnight over smuggling of allocated rice under VGF programme. Police and local people said Nawapara UP chairman Jakir Hossain kept some 10 sacks of rice of vulnerable group feeding (VGF) program at the UP office on Monday morning after distribution rice among the local cyclone-victims. At dead of night when the chairman along with his men tried to smuggle the rice from UP office local people chased them triggering the clash and in the midst of chase and counter chase and pelting brickbats 10 people from both sides sustained injuries.

The UP Chairman Jakir Hossain went into hiding soon after the incident. The injured were admitted to a local clinic. A case was filed with the police.