Dhaka, Apr 23 persons died as people of Biswanath upazila, the constituency of missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali, clashed with law enforcers once again on Monday, police said.
The violent demonstrations that continued for over two hours from around 2pm also left over 50 people including 10 policemen injured.
Police could not immediately confirm the identity of the victims, one of them aged 22.
Sylhet district police superintendent Shakhawat Hossain said the body was found in the field adjacent to Jamiya Madania Mosque beside the Upazila office premises after the clash.
He said the body was sent to M A G Osmani Medical College and Hospital, Sylhet for an autopsy.
The news of the second death was confirmed as the body was taken to the hospital, Hossain added.
bdnews24.com's Sylhet correspondent quoting police and witnesses said several thousand people from seven to eight villages including Ramdhana of Olongkari union, the home of Ilias Ali, marched towards Biswanath Police Station minutes after 2pm. They were armed with bamboo sticks and sharp weapons.
Police intercepted the marauding mob when it reached the Upazila complex, triggering a clash with the villagers.
The clash turned the area into battlefield as police fired rubber bullets and tear gas shells to disperse the mob which pelted brickbats and stones in retaliation. Around 20 people were injured during the clash.
During the clash, the mob set several roadside tea stalls ablaze. They also vandalised more than a hundred shops in the Upazila complex.
"Police were forced to fire over a hundred rounds of bullets and tear gas shells to bring the situation under control," said Biswanath Police Station officer-in-charge Chan Miah, who was among the injured.
He was admitted to the Sylhet hospital while others received treatment at the Upazila health complex.
Two platoons of Borger Guard Bangladesh were deployed in the Upazila following the clashes.
On Sunday, the first day of the shutdown, about 50 people including nine policemen were injured when villagers of Ramdhana tried to besiege the police station. Police arrested 14 demonstrators.
Since morning, local Awami League leaders took position at every intersection in the Upazila headquarters alongside police to prevent BNP activists from staging demonstrations.
At Kanaighat upazila, Awami League and BNP supporters clashed, leaving 10 people injured. Ten shops and several other vehicles were vandalised during the clash.
The clash erupted when two processions, one taken out in support of the strike and the other against it, ran into each other at Uttarbazar.
Kanaighat Police Station officer in-charge Rafiqul Islam said police charged baton to tame the protestors.
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