A man was hacked to death by his nephew at Malda Colony in Rajshahi city on Saturday morning.
Deceased Ramjan Ali, 28, was the son of Abdur Razzak, a resident of the colony.
Boalia Police Station officer in-charge Nibaran Chandra Barman said Ramjan and his nephew Sohel Sheikh, 30, locked into an altercation over lent money at Ramjan’s shop around 11:00am.
At one stage, Sohel hacked Ramjan with lethal weapon, leaving him critically injured.
Later, he was taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared him dead around 11:30 am.
The body was handed over to the family after autopsy.
Police arrested two people including Sohel following a case filed with the Police Station by the deceased’s mother.
During the primary interrogation Sohel confessed to the murder.
The arrestees were sent to jail in the evening following a court order.
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