Father, son killed over land dispute
A man and his son were killed by their rivals over a land dispute at Gulkhar village in Akhaura upazila of the district yesterday.
The deceased are Golap Khan, 75, and his son Ismail Khan, 25.
There had been a long-standing conflict between Golap and his neighbour Rusmot Ali over demarcation of their house areas.
Police said a group of people led by Rusmot attacked Golap, Ismail and their supporters while they were returning home from an arbitration, which was held at the village to settle the dispute over demarcation of the house areas on Tuesday night.
Golap, Ismail and eight of their supporters sustained injuries during the attack. The injured were admitted to Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital. As the condition of Golap and his Ismail deteriorated, they were referred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where they died yesterday morning.
The other injured are undergoing treatment at Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital and Combined Military Hospital in Comilla. A case was filed with Akhaura Police Station yesterday morning.
Police have so far arrested two people--Sibhil Bhuiyan, 75, and Sapna Akhter, 30--at the village, Officer-in-Charege (OC) Md Mizanur Rahman said. Additional police have been deployed in the area to avert any further incident.
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