An eyewitness to murder was beaten to death on Saturday evening by a gang of killers at Boro Hatia village in Lohagara upazila under the port city.
The deceased was identified as Md Arman, 25, who witnessed his maternal uncle’s murder, said police sources.
AKM Emran Bhuiyan, assistant superintendent of police (ASP) of Satkania circle in Chittagong range, said a gang of criminals beat Arman to death in the area around 6:30pm.
Arman was the witness to the murder of his maternal uncle who was hacked to death in last December in the area over land dispute, said the police official.
Later, he was rushed to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where the on-duty doctors pronounced him dead, said Jahirul Islam, sub-inspector of CMCH police outpost.
After the murder of his uncle, Arman was being continuously threatened by his uncle’s killers, said family members of the deceased.
A case was lodged with Lohagara police station in this regard. Police are trying to nab the killers, said the ASP.