A man was
beaten to death reportedly by his rivals at in-law's house in Tungipara upazila of
Gopalganj district early Sunday.
The killing took place around 3am at Charkushli village under the upazila.
The victim was identified as Billal Gazi, 40, son of Mokhles Gazi, a resident of Gabgachia village under Indurkani upazila in Pirojpur district.
According to the deceased family members, the victim Billal Gazi was made accused in a kidnapping case filed by the neighbours of his in-laws over a missing incident. CID have been investigating the case and since the case was filed, Billal along with his family members went to India.
Later, they returned to his in-laws house around a month earlier. Sensing their presence in the house, the neighbours informed CID to arrest Billal.
Being informed, CID raided in the house but failed to locate him. When CID returned after being failed to arrest Bilal, the rivals of the victim searched for them and beaten him to death after finding him at a banana orchard adjacent to the victim's in-law's house.
On information, police recovered the body from the spot and sent to Gopalganj General Hospital morgue for autopsy said Md Aminur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Tungipara Police Station.
Police have also arrested three people, including the wife of the main accused Alamgir, involved in the killing and the process to file a murder case in this regard was underway, added the OC.
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