Village doctor beaten to death

JHENIDAH, Jan 5: A village quack was beaten to death allegedly by the husband of a patient here today.

The dead was identified as Dr Ashraful Islam, 50, of village Mallikpur under Kaliganj thana. Dr Ashraf was beaten allegedly by one Nausher and his brother at a local bazar. He died on his way to hospital, police said.

The doctor came under the wrath of Nausher as he failed to cure the latter's wife from prolonged illness. Further details could not be known immediately.