Four platoons of BGB have been deployed in Tongi, Gazipur, following clashes between Zubayer and Saad followers to take control over the Bishwa Ijtema ground.

BGB Public Relations Officer Md. Shariful Islam gave this information on Wednesday (December 18) morning.

Police have reported that three people have died so far in the clashes between Zubayer and Saad followers when both groups attempted to take control of the Ijtema ground at around 3 am. More than a hundred have been injured.

The deceased are Bachchu Mia, 70, from village Egarasindur in Kishoreganj's Pakundia upazila, and Belal, 60, from Beraid in ​​Dakshin Khan area of Dhaka. The identity of the other deceased has not been revealed.