Dhaka, Sept. 30 -- Several people, including police personnel, were injured in a clash between hawkers and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) staff during an eviction drive at Mirpur-10 on Wednesday morning.

The clash started on the footpath in front of Hope Market as the DNCC was conducting an eviction drive from Mirpur-10 to Mirpur-14 areas from around 10am.

During the clash, two DNCC dump trucks were set on fire and three bulldozers were vandalised, according to a DNCC official who spoke to UNB on condition of anonymity.

A police vehicle was also vandalised during the incident.

Hawkers claimed that the fire initially broke out from an electrical wire when DNCC personnel began removing shops from the footpath.

They said the situat...