At least five people were killed and around 50 others injured in clashes between law enforcers and locals during demonstrations at Nandanpur in Sadar upazila on Saturday.
Activists of Hefazat-e-Islam staged demonstrations protesting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh and chanted various slogans.
Police and witnesses said, a group of activists of the organisation took position on Dhaka-Sylheht Highway in Nandanpur area in the afternoon and started demonstrating right there against Modi’s visit and the killing of people in Brahmanbaria and Chittagong on Friday.
Clashes began as members of police and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) tried to disperse them.
Hearing the news of the clash, local people also joined the demonstrations and attacked the law enforcers, forcing them to fire several rounds of bullet, leaving many people injured.
Scores of injured people were taken to Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital, said Rana Nurus Shams, resident medical officer (RMO) of the hospital.
He said they have so far declared five of the injured dead.
Four of the dead were identified as a workshop owner Juru Alam, 35, day-labourers Badal Mia, 24, Sujon Mia, 22, and plumber Kausar, 25.
The identity of another deceasaed could not be known yet.
