Clash in Ijtema ground: 35 admitted to DMCH  

At least 35 people injured during a clash at the Biswa Ijtema ground have been admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

Among them, a 60-year-old man named Billal Hossain was declared dead by doctors.

Eight seriously injured people have been admitted to the emergency unit of DMCH. They are Mohammad Faisal (18), Abdul Hannan (60), Mohammad Nurul Islam (42), Siam (24), Rishad (30), Mozammel Hossain (19) and an unidentified man (50).

The unidentified man's condition is critical and he has been put on life support.

The supporters of Jobayer and Saad factions locked into a violent clash over control of the Bishwa Ijtema ground till 1:00pm.

A large number of law enforcement personnel, including the army and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), have been deployed at the Ijtema ground to keep the situation under control.