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Modi arrived in the capital Dhaka on Friday for a two-day visit.<\/p>\n
The protesters in Chittagong were from the Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, a group opposed to the visit of Modi, who critics say has been pushing a Hindu-first agenda in India.<\/p>\n
Mohammad Alauddin, another police official in Chittagong, said that eight people were brought to a hospital in the city with gunshot wounds, of which four succumbed to their injuries.<\/p>\n
Protests also flared in the capital Dhaka, where dozens of people, including two journalists, were injured in clashes with police, witnesses said.<\/p>\n
Ruhul Amin, the government administrator of Hathazari town, said up to 1,500 supporters of Hefazat attacked a police station chanting anti-Modi slogans.<\/p>\n
“They attacked us all of a sudden,” he said, without confirming whether any protesters were killed.<\/p>\n
Hefazat spokesperson Mir Idris accused police of “opening fire” at their “peaceful” supporters.<\/p>\n
“There were some 5,000 protesters. They were all Hefazat supporters and they were mostly madrasa students. They were protesting Modi’s visit and police actions against demonstrators in Dhaka,” he said.<\/p>\n
He was referring to other smaller clashes at the compound of the country’s largest mosque in central Dhaka after Friday prayers when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at brick-throwing protesters.<\/p>\n
At least nine of these protesters were injured, he said.<\/p>\n
Hefazat aside, a diverse range of Bangladeshi groups \u2014 including students, leftist and other outfits \u2014 have been staging protests over the last few days against Modi’s visit.<\/p>\n
They accuse Modi of stoking religious tensions and inciting anti-Muslim violence in the Indian state of Gujarat in 2002, which left about 1,000 people dead. Modi was Gujarat’s chief minister at the time.<\/p>\n
On Thursday more than 40 people were injured, including four police officers, during a student demonstration. At least 33 people were detained for violence.<\/p>\n
Clashes also occurred at the elite state-run Dhaka University Thursday evening, when pro-government student activists allegedly beat dozens of anti-Modi student protesters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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