, Oct. 29 -- A fisherman was killed and four others were injured in reported firing during a clash between fishermen and a team of River Police in the Meghna River in Hizla upazila of Barishal district early Thursday.

The deceased was identified as Akhtar Hossain Hawlader, 40, son of Sultan Hawlader of Char Memania village under Memania union of the upazila.

His body was kept at Hizla Upazila Health Complex.

Witnesses said the incident occurred near the Shawra Arakul fish landing station in Hizla Gaurabdi union, a day before the 22-day ban on catching hilsa ends on Thursday midnight.

An enforcement team was conducting an operation to protect mother hilsa in the Meghna River when a clash broke out with fishermen, said a member of a law...