Restaurant owner beaten to death
A restaurant owner was beaten to death at Mahalbari village in Ranishankoil upazila of the district on Wednesday night.
The deceased was Ekramul Haque Khan, 50, owner of Dibanishi Restaurant at Mahalbari Bazar under the same upazila.
Local people said, Ekramul's grand daughter Tusrat Jahan Nishi, a Class II student at a local primary school, with several other local minor girls had been taking lesson from Habibullah Al Habib, Imam of Mahalbari mosque.
Ekramul called Habibullah on Tuesday night at his restaurant and wanted to know why he beats up the minor girls much as his grand daughter also made similar allegation.
At one stage of discussion, Ekramul slapped the Imam.
Later Habibullah told the incident to the villagers and demanded justice.
Accordingly local people organised an arbitration near the mosque on Wednesday night and told Ekramul to attend it.
But Ekramul drove away the messenger of the committee.
Following the incident, at about 9:00pm, a group of villagers came to the restaurant and attacked Ekramul and beat him up mercilessly with sticks, leaving him seriously injured.
Restaurant's staffs and locals brought Ekramul to Ranishankoil upazila health complex where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.
Ekramul's wife Masuda Begum filed a case with Ranishankoil Police Station yesterday, accusing 25 people, including Habibullah said officer in-charge Sukumar Roy.
Protesting the killing, locals blocked Baliadangi-Pirganj Road at the village for three hours from 9:00am.
They also set on fire to four houses, including that of Abdul Mannan, Abdul Karim, for alleged involvement with the murder.
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