1 killed, 25 hurt in Sylhet clash over ‘teasing girl’

A Union Parishad member died and at least 25 were injured when a clash broke out between groups of villagers over an incident of eve teasing in Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet today.

The deceased Dudu Mia, 40, was a member of local Union Parishad, our Moulvibazar correspondent reports quoting locals and a police official.

The trouble began at Kuar Gori village after Friday prayers where villagers had an altercation over teasing a girl, said Humayan Kabir, officer-in-charge of Kanaighat Police Station.

Yesterday, a mobile court led by Kanaighat UNO Tarek Mohammad Zakaria awarded three-month imprisonment to one Sabab Uddin for teasing a girl of a local school.

Following the verdict, Rakib Hasan, elder brother of Sabab, blamed Dudu Mia, the local Union Parishad member, for his brother’s punishment and had an altercation with him.

At one point, followers of the two groups swooped on each other that left at least 25 people including Dudu Mia serious injured.

Soon after the clash, Dudu Mia was rushed to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital where attending doctors declared him dead. Police detained at least five people in this connection.