A shopkeeper was stabbed to death and two of his brothers were injured during a brawl over dumping garbage near their shop in the city's Badda on Wednesday evening.
The deceased was identified as Syful Islam, 25, while the two injured were his brothers Babu, 18, and Sabu, 14.
Police arrested three people for their alleged involvement in the killing that took place in Satarkul Road area before iftar, Officer-in-Charge of Badda police station Abul Kalam Azad said.
Syful, along with brothers, ran a shop on Satarkul Road.
"My brothers had an argument with Samiul, a shopkeeper next to their shop, his brother Khairul and their father Jowel over dumping of waste,” said Russel, a brother of the deceased.
“At one stage, they stabbed and injured my brothers Syful, Babu and Sabu. The trio were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where Syful was pronounced dead. The two others are being treated in the emergency department of the hospital,” he said.
Syful was the second of seven siblings. His father Khaleq Hawladar hails from Barisal Sadar Upazila.
