dhaka police in northeastern bangladesh used batons and tear gas to disperse opposition activists amid a political dispute over who would oversee the next election which is expected to be held in january police and activists said on sunday around 300 people were injured in the clash on saturday evening including some with bullets the countrys leading bengali newspaper prothom alo reported adding that police had opened fire on supporters of the bangladesh nationalist party which is led by former pm khaleda zia the united news of bangladesh agency said as many as 150 people including police officers were hurt in the clashes which occurred in habiganj towng k gaus a local leader in zias party said chaos broke out after thousands of party supporters began marching through the streets police confronted them and ordered them to stop a police official said police were forced to take action after opposition activists attacked them while trying to break a police barricade zias party has been demanding the resignation of pm sheikh hasina and the transfer of power to a nonparty caretaker government until the next election zias party and its allies accuse hasina of vote rigging in 2018