A college student was hacked to death by his rivals at Shailkupa upazila in Jhenaidah district on Wednesday afternoon over establishing supremacy.
The incident happened at Kashinathpur village in the upazila.
The deceased was identified as Rana Hamid, 23, son of Saiful Islam, a resident of the area.
Locals said that some miscreants chased Rana while he was returning home from Langolbar Bazar in the afternoon. At that time, he took shelter in a house of the village. Later, the miscreants broke into the room and hacked Rana indiscriminately, leaving him critically injured.
He was rescued and taken to Shailkupa Upazila Health Complex. Later, Rana died on the way to Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMCH).
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy, said Md Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Shailkupa Police Station.
Efforts are ongoing to arrest the accused in the incident, he added.
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