Murder accused killed by rivals

An accused in a murder case was killed in an attack allegedly by his rival men in Muladi upazila on Friday.

The deceased, Mokles khan, 40, son of Mojammel Haque of Char Alimabad village, was an accused in a case filed for murdering one Prince of the village over a land dispute in March 2018, police said.

Later, Mokles went into hiding after securing bail from the court.

He returned to the village last month and started grocery business at local Mollarhat Bazar, Officer in Charge (OC) of Muladi Police Station Fayezuddin Ahmed said.

Quoting locals, the OC said, a rival gang led by Shahin Hawlader intercepted Mokles while he was going to offer his Jumma prayer at a local mosque around 1:30pm of Friday.

They hacked Mokles with sharp weapons and fled the spot, leaving him critically injured.

Being informed, police rescued injured Mokles from the spot after nearly two hours of the incident and sent him to Barishal Sher-E- Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH).

He died at the hospital around 8:00pm due to bleeding profusely.

Police yesterday detained three women -- Ruma Begum, Shewly Begum and Nupur -- for their alleged involvement in helping the killers, the OC said, adding that a murder case was filed against 30 people including Shahin the same day.