Sunamganj Correspondent:
Fifty people from both sides were injured in an hour-long clash between two villagers over feeding cows rice in Joykals Union of Shantiganj Upazila in Sunamganj.
According to local and police sources, the hour-long clash between the two villagers took place on Sunday morning, north of Astma village in the upazila and east of Kamrupdalong Madrasa.
Two people from Asthma village have been sent to MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital in Sylhet in critical condition. On the other hand, three people from Kamrupdalong village have been admitted to Sunamganj District Sadar Hospital in critical condition. The other injured have been treated at Shantiganj Upazila Health Complex and Sunamganj Sadar Hospital.
The injured from Asthma village are Akhter Hossain (30), Dulal Mia (20), Jewel Mia (30), Shamsuzzaman (28), Nasir Ali (50), Abdul Jalil (30), Khairul Amin (26), Emran Hossain (28), Sadiq Mia (45), Nuruzzaman (35) and Sourav Hossain (26).
It is also reported that 10/15 more people from this village were injured. However, their names were not immediately known. Akter Hossain and Dulal Mia were seriously injured and have been sent to MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital in Sylhet. Meanwhile, the injured from Kamrupdalong village are - Batir Ali (56), Sundar Ali (70), Sujan Mia (35), Kalai Mia (27), Matiur Rahman (32), Shawkat Ali (27), Nabi Hossain (22) and Shafi Ahmed (25). The names of 7/8 more injured from their side were not immediately known.
It is not known. The seriously injured Batir Ali, Sundar Ali and Sujan Mia have been admitted to Sunamganj Sadar Hospital.
On the afternoon of February 15 (Saturday), a cow belonging to farmer Bajlu Mia of Astma village ate paddy from the land of farmer Suruj Mia of Kamrupdalong village. An argument and fight broke out between the two farmers on the land over this issue. Tensions flared up between the two villages due to this incident and on Sunday morning, both villagers got into a clash with indigenous and live weapons. At least 50 people were injured on both sides. After receiving the information, Shantiganj Police Station
The police reached the spot and brought the situation under control.
On behalf of Astma village, Angur Mia said, cows are dumb animals. The landowner, farmer Suruj Mia of Kamrupdalong village, beat up Bajlu Mia and his family members over the cow eating paddy. This spread tension in our village. In the evening, several people including Nurul Islam and Iqbal Hossain came on behalf of Kamrupdalong village to end the incident through arbitration. We assured them,
It will be resolved by talking to the villagers. But when tensions flared up again on Sunday morning, the situation went beyond our control.
Nurul Islam, a resident of Kamrupdalong village, said, "There was a scuffle on Saturday over the cows eating paddy. We wanted to settle the matter through village arbitration. But the Asthma villagers, refusing to accept the verdict, made an announcement on the microphone in the morning and attacked our village with indigenous weapons."
After that, nothing was under control.
In this regard, Shantiganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Akram Ali confirmed the incident and said that as soon as the news of the clash was received, the police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control. No one has been arrested in the incident yet.
