At least 20 people, including policemen and few officials of the district fisheries department, were injured in an attack by a group of fishermen in the Meghna river early on Thursday morning. MM Pervez, a senior officer of Hizla upazila fisheries department, said that as part of the ongoing drive to save the mother hilsa, "a team, including 16 policemen, conducted a drive in the Meghna in the Khalishpur area on a speed boat around 5am". When they reached the Hizla point, the fishermen, who were engaged in netting hilsa, attacked them with bamboo sticks, leaving 20 people injured, the officer said. Police had to open fire to bring the situation under control. Among the injured, constable Mahfuz sustained serious injuries to his head, said Pervez. Police also arrested nine fishermen while they were trying to flee the scene. Yunus Mia, officer-in-charge of Hizla Police Station, said, “The fishermen with 50 boats encircled us and carried out the attack. We are trying to arrest the other attackers." The government has imposed a 22-day ban on catching, selling and transporting hilsa in a 7,000-km breeding ground to ensure the safe spawning of the fish during its peak breeding period, from October 7.

At least 20 people, seven of them policemen, were injured in a clash between villagers over occupying land at Char Chotkimara area of Bhola sadar upazila Thursday, police said. The injured police members are Sub-Inspector (SI) of Veduria Police Investigation Center Inzamul Hossain, 29, members of Char Chatkimara Police Camp Arif ,25, Alim 24, Sagor ,24, Pial Roga ,24, Shri Sujoy,24 and Shafiur 25. Four injured cops were admitted to Bhola sadar hospital, said Enayet Hossain, officer-in-charge of Bhola Sadar Police Station. Read: 20 injured in clash over land dispute in Sylhet According to the police, Rubel Kazi, a resident of Sreepur along with villagers, armed with weapons, went to Char Chatkimara area of Bhola and started to build houses there. When the locals resosted them, the supporters of Rubel swooped on them that triggered a clash between them. On information, police rushed to the spot and tried to control the situation, but they also came under attack. Police fired 28 rounds in the air to bring the situation under control, added the OC. Locals claimed that Rubel has been trying to grab land from Bheduria village for a long time. Centring this, several clashes took place earlier. This clash also took place centring the issue. Read: BCL factions clash at DU over ‘occupying hall seat’ Police filed a case against 24 people at Bhola sadar police station on Thursday night. On Friday, a team of police conducted a drive in the area and arrested twelve people for their alleged involvement in the clash, said the officer.

Three people arrested in connection with an explosion inside the Pallabi Police Station that left four cops injured, were put on 14-day remand by a Dhaka court on Thursday.