A man and his nephew were stabbed to death allegedly by a youth while their reported killer died after being lynched by the locals in Nagarpur upazila of Tangail on Thursday night.
The victims were Abdus Sattar, 50, his nephew Mohammad Asadul , 28, residents of Dhubbaria village under the Nagarpur upazila, and the attacker was Taleb Mia, 30, a resident of the same area.
Quoting locals police said Abdus Sattar and Taleb locked into an altercation over a trivial matter.
At one stage Taleb attacked Sattar with sharp weapon. To save Sattar, his nephew Asadul came to the spot and tried to save him but Taleb also attacked him, leaving the two critically injured.
Neighbours rescued them and took the injured to Upazila Health Complex where the doctors declared them dead. Locals later detained the accused Taleb and beat him up indiscriminately leaving him dead on the spot.
Officer-in-Charge of Nagarpur police station HM Jasim Uddin said police personnel were deployed in the area to avert any untoward situation and the bodies of the Sattar and his nephew have been kept at the health complex.
