At least three people were killed in separate incidents in Mymensingh, Kishoreganj and Habiganj yesterday.
An alleged drug-addict chopped his younger sister to death at Dubaliapara village in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh yesterday.
Police said Rubel Mia, 17, chopped his younger sister Amena Khatun, 14, who was a worker at Arif Textile Mills in Bhaluka, as she denied to provide Rubel money for buying drugs. Rubel also chopped his father Badshah Mia when he tried to save his daughter.
Locals rescued the duo and sent them to Bhaluka Upazila Health Complex where on duty doctors pronounced Amena dead.
Abdul Motalab Miah, officer-in-charge of Bhaluka police station, said a case was filed in this connection.
In Kishoreganj, one Deen Islam, 28, who hailed from Mazlishpur village of Nikli upazila, was allegedly strangled by unidentified miscreants in yesterday.
Police said locals found the body in a boat on the Narsunda River around 1pm and informed the police.
Mahbub Alam, officer-in-charge of Nikli police station, said the victim might have been killed at night but reason behind the murder could not be known immediately. Elsewhere in Habiganj, Rizu Mia, 25, who was injured in a clash over land dispute on Sunday, succumbed to his injuries early yesterday.
Police said supporters of Poilarkandi Union Parishad Chairman Khoaz Ali and Member Saraj Mia under Habiganj’s Baniyachong upazila had a fierce clash over land dispute on Sunday, leaving at least 20 people injured.
Rizu was admitted to Sylhet Medical College Hospital in a critical condition, where he succumbed to his injuries around 2am.
