Ex-UP member killed over land dispute
A former union parishad (UP) member was allegedly beaten to death over a land dispute at Sitakunda Upazila in Chittagong on Thursday.
The deceased was Oli Ahmed alias Boli Member, 60, of the upazila's Moddhom Mohadebpur.
Sub-Inspector (SI) Golam Mostofa of Sitakunda Police Station said Oli gave a Guava orchard on lease to Ashok Chakrabarty alias Barun, 35, of the same area.
The duo had a dispute over payment of the lease money. To resolve the matter, they sat on an arbitration meeting in the presence of some respectable locals at Gozaria Dighir Phar around 8:00pm on Thursday.
However, at one stage, Ashok assaulted Oli with a piece of charcoal from a nearby shop, the SI said, quoting eyewitnesses.
Oli's relatives rushed him to Sitakunda Upazila Health complex where doctors declared him dead.
The deceased's son Md Jahid filed a murder case against Ashok in this regard with Sitakunda Police Station.
Police arrested his brother Dilip Chakrabarty.
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