Feud Over Recruiting of Muezzin: Man killed in rivals’ attack
A man, who sustained severe injuries in an attack allegedly by his rivals centring a feud over recruiting of a muezzin at a local mosque in Sadar upazila on Friday, died at a hospital early yesterday.
The deceased, Yasin Ali Pramanik, 50, was a resident of Bhajendrapur village in the upazila.
Meanwhile, police arrested Mohammad Nasim, 30, son of Iman Ali Mondol, president of the mosque managing committee, for his alleged involvement in the attack.
Quoting locals, Officer in Charge (OC) of Sadar Police Station Nasim Ahmed said in absence of the regular muezzin of a local mosque due to illness another man of the village has been performing duty as a temporary arrangement.
After the Juma prayers on Friday, Yasin urged to recruit a new muezzin immediately which triggered an altercation between him and the mosque managing committee president Eman Ali.
At one stage, men loyal to Iman Ali swooped on Yasin with sharp weapons near the mosque and stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him critically injured.
Villagers rescued Yasin and admitted him to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital the same afternoon, where he succumbed to his injuries around 3:00am yesterday.
As a tense situation is prevailing in the area additional police have been deployed to avert any unwanted situation, the OC said.
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