A follower of a pir (spiritual leader) was hacked to death by some miscreants at Jumar para in Tanor upazila here on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Shahidullah, 60, a resident of Mahanandakhali area of Nowhata municipality of Poba upazila. He was follower of ‘Pir Imam Mahadi’ of Goalondo upazila in Rajbari district. Victim’s son Russel Ahmed said that his father went missing on Friday morning when he was going to Rohonpur Golabari village in Gomostopur upazila in Chapainawabganj district. Local people spotted Shahidullah’s slaughtered body in the mango orchard of local Abul Hasan in the area in the evening and informed police, said Abdur Razzak, officer-in-charge of Tanor Police Station. Later, police recovered the body and seized a bag which was found near the body. The body was sent to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital for an autopsy. Russel also said his father had a long standing dispute with one Piar Ali of the area over a land. His father might have been killed over the land related dispute or for being a follower of the ‘Pir’, he added. –Rajshahi, May 7 (UNB)
