AL leader killed over land dispute

A local Awami League leader was stabbed to death over a piece of disputed land at Odankathi village in Sadar upazila on Sunday night.
The deceased was identified as Matiur Rahman Khan, 55, organising secretary of 5 no Tona union unit AL.
Family sources said, one Hasina Begum of the area leased the land from Matiur for Tk 19 thousand 13 years ago.
Matiur returned the money a few days ago. But Hasina's brothers declined to return the land, claiming that Matiur had already sold the land.
Following this, one Yasuf Sarder called Matiur out of his home and took him to nearby police lines area on Sunday evening.
A gang of 14/15 attacked Matiur with sharp weapons at Royerkathi, leaving him dead on the spot at about 8:45pm.
Yasuf and another Nurul Islam were arrested in connection with the incident, said Md Abdur Razzak, officer in-charge of Pirojpur police station.