Agri official murdered

A man was killed during a clash between two rival groups in Halokhana union of Sadar upazila yesterday afternoon. The victim, Lutfar Rahman, 27, son of Sambil Hossain Master of Mastererhat area, was a sub-assistant agriculture officer of the union. Abdul Gaffar, 25, and Hasan Ali, 16, brothers of the deceased, were also injured during the clash. Locals said there was a longstanding conflict between one Sambil and his neighbour Saiful Ali for long over taking control of a pond. Lutfar along with his brothers assaulted Saiful's son Mukul when he went to catch fish at the pond. As a sequel to the incident, Mukul along with his four brothers attacked the trio with lethal weapons on union parishad office premises, leaving them critically injured, said sources at UP chairman office. The injured were rushed to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital where the doctors declared Lutfur dead.