Dhaka, Mar 20 (AP) A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who was critically injured in a factional clash between two groups of the BNP, died while being transported to a Dhaka hospital last night, according to a media report.

The deceased, Md Rashed, 27, was the former general secretary of a union-level JCD committee, said Monpura police station officer-in-charge Ahsan Kabir, The Daily Star newspaper reported.

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Rashed sustained severe injuries in the clash that broke out at Nuruddin Bazar in South Sakuchia Union's Ward-9 on Wednesday morning.

According to locals and police, the violence stemmed from a dispute between two factions of the local BNP over the ongoing embankment construction by the Water Development Board. At least 10 others from both sides were also injured.

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The police official said both BNP and Awami League supporters were involved in the clash. Rashed's family filed a complaint, and police operations were ongoing to arrest those involved. PTI

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