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           April
          18, 2000 
           
            
          Jhenidah,
          Apr 17 (UNB) – A clash between two rival groups of people over the
          arrangement of a Puja program on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh at
          Bashudebpur in Kaliganj thana left 10 people injured on Saturday. 
           
          
           
          Villagers
          said the clash took place as Nagendranath Kumar Biswas aided by his
          associates attacked the program at the residence of Narayan Chandra
          Biswas. 
           
          
           
          Nagendranath,
          a Hindu religious leader of the area, turned violent as the Puja was
          arranged without his consent. 
           
          
           
          Being
          informed by locals, police rushed to the village and brought the
          situation under control. 
          
           
          Of
          the injured, Tapash, 25, and Jiten, 52, were admitted to the thana
          health complex. 
          
          
          
           
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