Sherpur, Jan. 28 -- A local leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has died after being injured in a clash between supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami and the BNP in Jhenaigati upazila of Sherpur district on Wednesday evening.

Rezaul Karim, general secretary of the Sreebardi Upazila unit, succumbed to his injuries around 9:30 pm while on the way to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, said said Sherpur Additional Superintendent of Police Md. Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan.

Jamaat candidate for Sherpur-3 constituency Mohammad Nuruzzaman Badal said Rezaul Karim was seriously injured in the clash at Jhenaigati Bazar area earlier in the evening.

Following the incident, the district unit of Jamaat-e-Islami brought out a protest rally in Sherpur town.

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