Cook beaten to death at a khanka sharif kitchen in Goalanda after a man was denied food, assistant injured

A cook, Fajer Ali Sardar, 70, has been beaten to death with firewood at the premises of the Daulatdia Anjuman Kaderia Khanka Sharif in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari. The incident took place in the khanka sharif's kitchen at around 3pm on Friday.

Fajer Ali Sardar was the son of the late Ahmed Ali of Mallikpara village in Alipur Union of the Sadar upazila. The cook's assistant, Sonabhan Bibi, 70, was injured in the incident. She is the wife of Saimuddin Sheikh of the Daulatdia area of Goalanda upazila.

Local sources said the accused young man entered the khanka sharif's kitchen at midday and asked the cook for food. Angered at not getting food, he struck Fajer Ali repeatedly on the head and neck with cooking firewood.

His assistant Sonabhan Bibi was also injured while trying to save the cook. Her condition was described as critical.

People nearby later rescued the two and took them to the Goalanda Upazila Health Complex. There, the doctor on duty declared Fajer Ali dead. Sonabhan Bibi was sent to Faridpur Medical College Hospital after initial treatment.

Mohammad Shafikul Islam, officer-in-charge of Goalanda Ghat Police Station, said police went to the scene on receiving the news and detained the accused, a mentally unbalanced man aged about 35. His identity could not be established.

The OC added that the detained man is being treated at the Upazila Health Complex. Further legal proceedings in the incident are under way.