Madhavpur (Habiganj) Representative //

In Madhavpur, 19 people, including a woman, were injured in a clash between two parties over toll collection in the municipality. The incident took place at the Gabtali CNG stand of Madhavpur Municipality at 11 am on Thursday.

It is known that on September 6, Salim Mia Gabtali got the lease of the CNG stand. Since then the stand started collecting toll from CNG autorickshaws. Earlier on Wednesday evening, the lessee had an argument with the other party over toll collection. Due to this incident, people from both sides clashed on Thursday morning. 19 people including women from both sides were injured. The injured on both sides have been shifted to different hospitals for better treatment.

The injured are Shaheen Mia (30) son of Ali Akbar of West Madhavpur area, Haris Mia (35) son of Ali Ahmad, Julhas Mia (50) son of Ayub Ali, Salim Mia (35) son of Noor Mia, Hira Mia son of Goal Nagar area. Mojahid Mia (25), Maryam Jahan Jhuma (17), Harun Mia’s son Arif (26), Monir Hossain’s son Hira Mia (50), Renu Mia’s wife Taslima (42), Hakim Mia’s son Abul Kashem (20), Hira Mia’s sons Junaid (28), Jewel (32), Vishal Mia (26) and Sohail Mia (23), Sohail Mia’s wife Meneka Begum (20), deceased Dilu Mia Son Palash Mia (35), Tara Mia’s son Mohan Mia (28), Jamal Mia’s son Babul Mia (28), Payal Mia (18).

The lessee Salim Mia told Morning Sun that after receiving the lease on September 6, 2024, we started collecting tolls from September 7. From the beginning, a party has been obstructing us in collecting tolls in various ways and illegally collecting 10 taka.

Khokon Mia from the other side said that the lessee stopped us while passing through the road around the CNG stand. Beat someone yesterday. This led to another quarrel this morning and at one point both sides clashed.

Madhavpur police station OC Abdullah Al Mamun confirmed the truth and said that the police went to the spot and controlled the situation after getting information about the clash. At present the situation is normal.