Fratricide in Meherpur

19 December 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Kushtia

A man killed his elder brother during a dispute over their ancestral property at Ruerkandi village in Gangni upazila in Meherpur yesterday. The dead was identified as Mannaf Ali, 40, son of Mahtab Ali. Family sources said, Mannaf had a dispute with his younger brother Salam over a piece of ancestral land. According to police, the two brothers locked in a quarrel when Mannaf went to discuss the issue with Salam at about 9:30 am. At one stage of heated argument, Salam hit Mannaf with a sharp weapon killing him on the spot. A police team from Gangni police station rushed to spot, recovered body and sent to Meherpur General Hospital. A case was filed but police could not nab Salam as he went into hiding.