An auto-rickshaw driver was killed when he was punched by a passerby over a trifling matter at Paduar Bazar in Sadar Dakkhin upazila yesterday.
Prashanto Pal, officer-in-charge of Sadar Dakkhin police Station, said Ariful Islam, 30, an auto-rickshaw driver and son of Abdul Khalek in Barura upazila, had an altercation with Abul Hossain, a tractor driver, over parking his auto-rickshaw on the road around 11:45 am.
At one stage of altercation, Abul Hossain punched Ariful in his head twice, leaving him unconscious.
Later he was rushed to Comilla Medical College Hospital where the doctors declared Ariful dead.
On information, police rushed in and arrested Abul Hossain.
