Young man hacked to death over boundary dispute in Begumganj; brother-in-law critically injured
A young man, Shahidul Islam Mona, 21, was hacked to death with a knife in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali following a dispute over the boundary of a house and land.
His brother-in-law, Md Mamun, 38, was critically injured in the incident. He has been sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment.
The incident took place at around 11:30 pm on Sunday (November 8) at the Nadu Muhuri house in Karaitala village, Fultala area, Ward 6 of Hajipur Union in the upazila.
The deceased, Shahidul Islam Mona, was the younger son of Abdul Khalek Bulu of that house.
Police and locals said a long-standing dispute had been going on between the family of Abul Kashem of the same house and the family of Abdul Khalek Bulu over the boundary of the house and land. At around 8 pm on Sunday, someone broke a boundary pillar put up by Bulu’s family. The two families quarrelled over it. At one point both sides went back to their own homes.
At around 10 pm, when Mona returned home with his brother-in-law Mamun, a quarrel broke out again with members of Abul Kashem’s family. Abul Kashem’s younger son Fuad Islam, 24, protested, and a scuffle broke out between him and Mona. Locals intervened, stopped them and sent them home. But tension between the two sides continued.
Police said that when the matter was reported to Abul Kashem’s son Arman Hossain Rimon, he came home at around 11:30 pm with a knife and, along with his brother Fuad and other family members, went to the front of Bulu’s house. At that time Mona was sitting in front of the door of the house using his mobile phone. Taking the opportunity, Arman and Fuad stabbed him indiscriminately with knives. When Mamun, Mona’s brother-in-law, tried to stop them, he was also stabbed.
Locals later rescued the two injured men and took them to Noakhali General Hospital, where doctors said Mona had died before reaching the hospital.
The critically injured Mamun was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment.
Meanwhile, when news of Mona’s death spread, agitated locals attacked Abul Kashem’s house. On receiving the news, police went to the scene and brought the situation under control. Two people were detained at the time.
Md Shamsuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Begumganj police station, said police visited the scene after receiving the news. The body has been kept at the morgue of Noakhali General Hospital for autopsy. The law-and-order situation is currently normal, and legal action will be taken in the incident if a complaint is filed.
