An accused in a murder case was stabbed to death, while two others were injured in Krishnapur village under Kaliganj upazila in Jhenaidah on Friday afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Kamal Hossain, 35, son of Matiar Rahman of village Krishnapur in Kaliganj upazila.
Deceased’s father, Matiar Rahman said: “Kamal Hossain was one of those who were accused of Shahidul Islam's murder that took place about a year back. Since the murder incident, Kamal had been absconding.”
On Friday, when Kamal arrived home for paddy harvesting, the supporters of the Shahidul Islam stabbed him to death.
In critical state the injured two were rushed to Jessore general hospital.
Meanwhile, the attackers also stabbed Reba Biswas, 35, and Arun Kumar.
When contacted, Kaliganj police station Officer-in-charge Manir Uddin
Mollah suspected that both Shahidul and Kamal had illicit relationship with Reba and that might be one of the reasons behind Shahidul Islam’s murder.
He said Shahidul’s supporters might have killed Kamal over the feud of Shahidul’s killing.
OC said the body will be sent to Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital morgue for post mortem examination.