A youth was killed allegedly by a group addicts at Badurtala in Gournadi of Barisal yesterday afternoon.
Quoting family police said drug addicts – Monir Khan, 18, Sumon Sardar, 18, Masum Haoladar, 17 - had an altercation with Belal Chowkidar, 20, son of Moktar Chowkidar over stealing coconut in the early hours of Saturday.
At one stage of the altercation, Sumon, Masum, Monir indiscriminately hit Belal with sticks and rods.
Relatives of Belal rushed him to Kalkini Upazila Health Complex in critical condition.
Belal succumbed to his injuries at the health complex yesterday morning.
Moktar Chowkidar as complainant lodged a murder case against trio yesterday afternoon.
AKM Ehsan Ullah, district police superintendent and Md Qamruzzaman, assistant police superintendent of Gournadi circle visited the spot.
Police sent the body to Barisal Sher e Bangla Medical College Hospital for autopsy and started drives to arrest the accused, said Abul Kalam, officer in charge of Gournadi police station.
Protesting the death, local people held a rally at the upazila headquarters yesterday afternoon.
They said the local goons had been creating nuisance in the locality for long, but police did not take any step against them for unknown reason. They demanded exemplary punishment to killers of Belal with out any delay. The agitators also brought out a procession in the district town that paraded different roads of the district town.
