At least 15 people were injured as cricket fans went on the rampage and clashed with police in front of the United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL) branch in the city’s Mirpur area after failing to collect tickets for the Bangladesh-India Asia Cup final cricket match.
Witnesses said some 8000-10,000 cricket fans had remained in queues at the Mirpur-10 branch of UCBL to collect tickets since early Saturday, reports the UNB.
As the bank authorities could not start selling tickets even when it was 11 am, the cricket fans who were in queues burst into an agitation and threw brickbats at the branch building.
On information, police rushed in and charged baton to disperse them around 11:25 am.
As the law enforcers tried to disperse them, a chase and counter chase took place between them and the cricket fans, triggering a clash that left 15 people injured.Police lobbed teargas shells to disperse them.
They also threw brick chips to police.Later the agitating fans entered the alleys in the area and vandalized some vehicles.
Traffic on the busy road from Mirpur Golchattar to Mirpur-12 bus stand came to a halt for nearly one hour following the incident.
Police also detained 8/10 people from the spot.
Source : samakal
