Two people including a woman were murdered in separate incidents in two districts - Munshiganj and Laxmipur, in two days.
SREENAGAR, MUNSHIGANJ: A young man was reportedly killed by his rivals during a rural arbitration in Sreenagar Upazila of the district on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Sumon Sheikh, 30, son of Romiz Uddin Sheikh, a resident of Purbo Atpara Village in the upazila.
Locals said that two brothers Romiz Uddin Sheikh and Alauddin Sheikh had been occupying a private space in front of their own land.
Recently, Alauddin Sheikh took lease the land from a broker of Land Office. As a result, a dispute arose between Romiz Uddin and Alauddin.
On Friday morning, a rural arbitration was held to resolve the issue in front of Atpara Cold Storage. During the arbitration, Alauddin Sheikh along with his associates allegedly attacked on Romiz Uddin Sheikh and his sons, leaving them critically injured.
Locals then rescued them and took to Sreenagar Upazila Health Complex, where the on-duty doctors referred them to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) as their conditions deteriorated further.
Later on, Sumon Sheikh succumbed to his injuries at the DMCH while undergoing treatment at around 10 pm.
After the incident, Rowsan Ara Begum, wife of Romiz Uddin, filed a written complaint with Sreenagar PS.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sreenagar Police Station (PS) Abdullah Al-Tyabir confirmed the incident, adding that efforts are ongoing to arrest the accused.
RAMGATI, LAXMIPUR: A woman was hacked to death by her husband in Ramgati Upazila of the district on Thursday morning.
The incident took place in Ward No. 7 Sujonnagar Village under Alexander Union of the upazila at around 9 am.
Deceased Shahnaz Begum, 30, was the wife of Shihab Uddin, a resident of the area. She was the daughter of Fasial Alam of Kolakopa Village under Charporagochha Union.
Local sources said Shahnaz got married with Shihab Uddin, son of Joynal Abedin of Ward No. 5 under Rangati Municipality, about 14 years back. Later on, the couple started living in a rented house in Ward No. 7 Sujonnagar Village under Alexander Union as Shihab joined in Hazi Mohsin Hawlader Jame Mosque there as Muezzin.
However, they were locked into an altercation over family issues in the morning. At one stage of the altercation, Shihab Uddin started hacking his wife indiscriminately, leaving her dead on the spot.
Being informed, police recovered the body from the scene and sent it to Laxmipur Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
However, the deceaseds husband fled the scene soon after the incident.
Ramgati PS OC Md Mosleh Uddin confirmed the incident, adding that a case was filed with the PS and legal action would be taken in this regard.
