RAJSHAHI, July 2: One person was killed and another injured in a clash between two groups at Pillahpara village under Paba upazila here on Friday night.
The deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan Mondal, 50, son of Shuku Mondal of Shreepur village in the upazila. The injured Abul Kalam Azad, 55, of Pillahpara village is undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH). Both the victims are auto-rickshaw drivers.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Paba Police Station Shariful Islam said that the two drivers were locked into an altercation over plying of their vehicles on the road at Pillahpara village at 9:30pm. At one stage, centring the issue, two villager groups were locked in a clash, leaving one dead and one injured.
Being informed, police recovered the body and sent it to RMCH for an autopsy.
A case was under process in this connection, the OC added.