Rakhaine temple monk hacked over land dispute

A monk of a Rakhaine temple was hacked allegedly by another monk over a land-related dispute at Maillapar in the district town early Wednesday. The injured monk was identified as Open Bita, 75. Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Model police station Bakhtiar Uddin Chowdhury said Mo Ian, a monk who was earlier attached to the temple of Open Bita, had been in a dispute with him over the ownership of a piece of land. As a sequel to this, Mo Ian snuck into the temple around 5:30am and hacked Open Bita indiscriminately, leaving him severely injured. On information, police rushed in and sent the injured monk to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital. Additional policemen have been deployed in and around the temple to ward off any further trouble, the OC added.