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The organization of Ijtima in Tongi town, 40 km away from Bangladesh capital Dhaka, turned into an uproar on Tuesday. In this uproar, a violent clash took place between the supporters of Maulana Saad of India and Maulana Zubair of Bangladesh. Four people have died in the fighting, apart from this more than a hundred people are injured.
According to the police, both sides have claimed the death of 7 people. The administration has imposed Section 144 and deployed the army in the area. After the clash in Tongi, the injured were admitted to the Medical College of Dhaka, where once again a clash broke out between the two groups.
Home Minister Mohammad Jahangir Alam in the interim government of Bangladesh said that a case of death of 4 people has been registered.
Jahangir Alam said that the accused will not be spared.
Clash over possession of field
According to Bangladesh Police, supporters of Maulana Saad (Sadpanthis) want to organize a 5-day Ijtima at Tongi Maidan from Friday, December 20. Maulana Zubair’s supporters do not want him to hold the Ijtima here. Due to this, Zubair’s supporters already occupied the Ijtima ground.
Maulana Saad’s supporters had reached the ground at around 3:30 am on Tuesday morning. After this the clash started. After former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Bangladesh, Zubair supporters have been demanding the Tongi Ijtima, which was to be held in two phases, in one phase.
Zubair supporters allege that Hasina’s party had started the Ijtima in two phases to divide the Muslims. On the other hand, Zubair supporters have accused Maulana Saad’s supporters of being agents of India. Rallies started against Saad’s supporters from October.
At the same time, Saad supporters have accused the administration of helping Zubair supporters.
Who is Maulana Saad?
Maulana Mohammad Saad Kandhalvi is an Indian Muslim scholar and preacher. He is the great-grandson of Tablighi Jamaat founder Mohammad Ilyas Kandhalvi. Maulana Saad heads the Nizamuddin faction of Tablighi Jamaat.
Maulana Saad was elected head of All India and Tongi Ijtima (Bangladesh) in 2017. After this, a dispute started between the parties of Maulana Saad and Zubair. Since 2011, Ijtima takes place in two phases in Tongi. First the supporters of Maulana Zubair and later the supporters of Maulana Saad organize Ijtima.
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