Bagherhat: Two people were killed in a fierce clash between two groups of villagers over harvesting paddy in a disputed land at Morolganj upazila in Bagherhat on Friday morning.

At least 10 people were injured during the clash which took place at the village of Sonakhali at about 10:00am, said the Morolganj police Officer-in-charge (OC) Rashedul Alam.

The deceased are Palash and Ibrahim, both were in their thirties.

Quoting local people the OC said two groups had a dispute over the land for a long time. As a group went to harvest paddy, another stopped them, which triggered a clash between the groups.

Palash and Ibrahim were killed by using locally-made weapons.

However, the injured were taken to Morolganj Upazila Health Complex.