Man beaten dead
A fisherman was beaten to death allegedly by one of his neighbours, centring a feud over setting up fishing nets along the Pona river, in Bhandaria upazila on Friday night.
The deceased, Rafikul Howlader, 23, was son of Motaleb Howlader of Laxmipura village in the upazila.
Quoting locals, Officer in Charge of Bhandaria Police Station Maksudur Rahman said an altercation took place between Rafikul and another fisherman Abdul Mannan over setting up fishing net along the bank of Pona river on Friday evening.
At one stage, Mannan beat up Rafikul mercilessly with stick and left the place.
Being informed, divers from Barishal Fire Station went to the spot and recovered the body from the river around 10:00pm.
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