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KHULNA, Sept 21, 2025 (BSS) - At least 10 people, including police officers, 
were injured in clashes during an eviction drive against illegal occupants in 
Khulna on Sunday.

The violence broke out at the Muktijoddha Colony in Boyra Basthuhara area, 
where residents resisted the eviction attempt.

During the operation, agitated local people vandalized a bulldozer belonging 
to the Roads and Highways Department. Police responded with baton charges and 
several rounds of tear gas to disperse the crowd.

According to police and local people, around 9:30 am today, officials from 
the National Housing Authority arrived with a magistrate to clear illegal 
settlers from the colony.

Residents confronted them, throwing bricks at police, prompting a retaliatory 
baton charge. Protesters later blocked roads, lit fires, and fought with 
police for nearly an hour.

The colony spans about two acres of land and shelters nearly 200 families.

Talking to BSS, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Khalishpur Police Station Mir 
Atahar Ali said, "We were assisting the Housing Authority during the eviction 
when the illegal settlers, who were prepared in advance, attacked the police 
with brickbats. Several policemen were injured."

Additional Commissioner (Crime) of Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) Rashidul 
Islam confirmed the eviction drive was halted after the clashes.
"The situation is now stable, and a case will be filed over the incident," he 
said.