A 40-year-old female garment worker was beaten to death in Bogra's Dhunat Upazila on Sunday night.
Deceased Jhaloki Begum, wife of Mohan Akand, was tied up and tortured during a village arbitration, said police. Her husband and son were also beaten up.
Locals said that the woman and her family had protested the construction of a drainage line adjacent to their home by their neighbours – Mojnu, Rubel and Bablu.
The trio was also fishing in the family pond of Jhaloki Begum.
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On Sunday, the two sides participated in an arbitration that led to a tussle.
Mohan was beaten up mercilessly by the rival group. When the wife went to save her husband, she was too beaten with a bamboo pole.
Seriously injured Jhaloki was taken to Dhunat Upazila Complex. She was later referred to Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, but she died while undergoing treatment.
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Her son Milon Akand and brother-in-law Mizanur Akand were also injured during the attack. Among them, Mizanur's condition was critical.
Kripa Sindhu Bala, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dhunat police station, said those involved in the incident would be identified and arrested soon.
