Tailor murdered
A tailor was hacked to death at Rajabari Bazar area in Muktagachha upazila of the district yesterday.
The victim was identified as Hafizur Rahman, 28, son of Lokman Hossain of Purabari village in the upazila.
Quoting locals, Officer-in-Charge of Muktagachha Police Station Akhter Morshed said there had been a feud between Hafiz and his brother-in-law Mofazzal Hossain, a van driver, as Mofazzal tortured his wife Mastura Begum, a cousin of Hafiz.
An arbitration meeting was held at Mofazzal's house on Tuesday and Mastura was asked to go to her parents' house for a few days.
As Mofazzal, son of Sultan Mia of adjacent Baliapara village, suspected that Hafiz might be behind the arbitration, and he locked in an altercation with Hafiz at Rajabari Bazar around 12:00 noon.
At one stage, Mofazzal allegedly started hacking Hafiz indiscriminately with a sharp weapon, leaving him dead on the spot, the OC said.
Locals caught Mofazzal and handed him over to police.
Police went to the spot, recovered the body and sent it to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
No case was lodged as of filing of this report.
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