Businessman Hossain Mia killed in Lakshmipur attack over lent motorcycle not returned

A businessman named Hossain Mia, 50, has been killed in Lakshmipur in an attack by rivals over asking for the return of a lent motorcycle. His son Saiful Islam was injured in the incident, which took place on Sunday night at Kazirdighir Par Bazar in Sadar upazila.

Police recovered the body and sent it to the Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy. The injured Saiful Islam has been admitted to Sadar Hospital. The deceased Hossain Mia was the son of Sultan Ahmed Bhuiyan of the Kazirdighir Par area.

Police and the victim's relatives said that on the afternoon of October 18, Shakil Hossain of the same household took a motorcycle used by Saiful Islam for a short while. Although he was asked to return it, he kept making excuses and did not return it for 13 days.

After Sunday evening, Saiful Islam, along with his father Hossain Mia and several others, went to Shakil Hossain at Kazirdighir Par Bazar to bring back the motorcycle. Shakil then began making excuses about returning it. At one stage an altercation broke out between the two sides, after which Shakil Hossain, Biplob and several others attacked them.

Hossain Mia and his son Saiful Islam were injured in the attack. Locals rescued them and took them to Sadar Hospital, where the on-duty doctor declared Hossain Mia dead.

The deceased Hossain Mia worked as a tailor at Kazirdighir Par Bazar. His son Saiful Islam runs a medicine pharmacy at the same market.

Sadar police station officer-in-charge Md Wahid Parvez said the body was recovered and sent to the Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy. Police operations are under way to arrest the accused, and preparations to file a case over the incident are also in progress, he said.