FF murdered over land dispute, 4 others hurt

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Dinajpur (South) Correspondent :
A freedom fighter (FF) was killed and four others were injured in an attack allegedly by his rival neighbours in Parbatipur upazila in Dinajpur over the ownership of a disputed land on Thursday night.
The deceased, Md Nurul Islam, 68, son of Hezab Uddin of Khagrabond-Paschimpara village of the upazila, was a member of Muktijoddha Sangsad’s Parbatipur upazila unit.
Police quoted victim’s family members as saying that there had been a long standing rivalry between Nurul Islam and two brothers, Ansar Ali and Afsar Ali of the village, over a disputed land.
As a sequel of the previous enmity, a group of 20/25 people led by the two brothers went to Nurul’s house and started to beat up Nurul and his other family members. At one stage of the beating, Nurul died on the spot.
Injured Asaduzzaman, 40, Nazma Begum, 35, Mukul, 35, and Arifa Begum, 35, are undergoing treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
“We will go for a tougher programme if the culprits behind the murder are not arrested ,” said Abdul Hye, commander of Parbatipur Muktijoddha Sangsad.

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