A newly elected UP member and his brother was killed in a gunfight on Thursday night in Charbalaki village of Hosendi union under Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj. Gazaria Police Station Officer in Charge Hedayetul Islam Bhuiyan confirmed the incident. Sources said the incident happened when supporters of the newly elected chairman Mahbubul Haq Majnu and supporters of ex-chairman and UP Awami League President Abdul Matin Mantu locked into the clash. Nine men were arrested, three from the Munshiganj General Hospital in connection but no case has been filed yet. Ten people were also wounded by bullets during the clash that broke out over a business deal over filling a ditch with sand.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 15, 2016 20:26 UTC