A man was stabbed to death allegedly by his uncle following a feud over land ownership at a Jhenaidah village on Saturday night.
The deceased, Saidur Rahman Rana, 24, was a resident of Ghugri Pantapara village at the Moheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah. Police said there was a family feud surrounding possession of a piece of land in the village measuring eight “decimals”, which led to the killing.
Jalil Sarker, the alleged killer, brother to Saidur’s father, first “tortured” his own father before he proceeded to stab his own nephew, said Akram Hossain, officer-in-charge of Moheshpur police station. Neighbours rescued Saidur, with severe stab wounds, and took him to a local health complex. He died at around 8.30pm while being transferred to the Jessore general hospital upon a referral by doctors, Akram said. The body was sent to the morgue for autopsy.
Saidur’s father Raisuddin filed a lawsuit against Jalil with the Moheshpur police station. The accused could not be arrested immediately, the OC said.
