Man killed by nephews in Feni, 3 held

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UNB, Dhaka :

A man was allegedly killed by his two nephews as he tried to stop a family dispute in Feni’s Daganbhuiyan upzaila on Friday night.

The deceased was identified as Nurul Afsar (45), a CNG-run autorickshaw driver of the upazila’s Jailashkar area and son of Afshar Abdul Barik.

Both his nephews — Jahed and Jonny — and their mother Rokeya Begum have been arrested in connection with the killing, according to police m

Cops said that women of both the families had an argument over garbage dumping near the house. Later the men of the two families joined them.

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When Nurul tried to end the quarrel, Jahed and Jonny attacked him with a brick. He collapsed on the spot.

Jahed and Jonny had an old feud with their uncle, said Mamunur Rashid Milon, local UP chairman.

Daganbhuiyan Police Station OC Partha Dev said the victim’s wife Parveen Akhter filed a complaint based on which an FIR for murder was filed.

Apart from those arrested, Shafiqur Rahman, father of Jahed and Jonny, has also been made an accused, he said. “The body has been sent to the Feni General Hospital morgue for an autopsy.”

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