By DPA, Dhaka : At least 50 people were injured, several of them critically, when a village cricket match triggered riots in northern Bangladesh, a media report said Tuesday.
Violence flared up in the Sirajganj district, where a disputed decision by an umpire led to an exchange of blows among players and their supporters, the privately run ATN News channel said.
Security forces fired tear gas shells and rubber bullets to separate the feuding players and their supporters.
Nearly 30 people were arrested during the overnight clashes that created panic in the community, witnesses told the channel.
Paramilitary border guards were called out to help stop the riots from spreading to other villages in the area.
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