Man killed, three injured
A man was killed and three others sustained stab injuries in an attack by their rivals allegedly over a disputed land in Habiganj Sadar upazila on Tuesday night.
The deceased, Abdul Kuddus Mia, 55, was a resident of Sukhchar village in the upazila.
Quoting locals and witnesses, Officer in Charge (OC) of Habiganj Model Police Station Masuk Ali said there had been a longstanding rivalry between Kuddus and one Shahjahan Mia of the village over the ownership of a disputed land.
As a sequel to the conflict, the two locked in an altercation around 8:30pm on Tuesday night, the OC said, adding that, at one stage, Shahjahan and his men attacked Kuddus with sharp weapons and stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him critically injured.
The gang also injured three other villagers when they tried to save Kuddus from their wrath, he said.
Local people rescued the injured four and took them to Habiganj Sadar Hospital, where the doctors declared Kuddus dead.
Being informed, they recovered the body and sent it to the hospital for autopsy, the OC said, adding that police were conducting drives to arrest the culprits.
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