Man dies after beating in Saturia following dispute that began over a cigarette

A 35-year-old man named Ramzan Ali has died in Saturia, Manikganj, after being beaten with bamboo sticks in a dispute that began over cigarette smoking. He died while under treatment at the National Hospital in Dhaka's Shyamoli at around 2:30pm on Saturday.

Ramzan Ali was a resident of the Shimulia Paschim Khalpar area of Hargaj Union in Saturia upazila and the son of Chandu Mia. He had been seriously injured in the attack at noon on Friday, November 13.

According to preliminary police information, at around 12:30pm on Friday, Nur Mohammad, 22, and Ashik, 18, of the same area got into an argument over cigarette smoking. At one point Ashik struck Nur Mohammad on the head with a bamboo stick, and a dispute developed between the two sides over the incident.

Following on from that, at around 12:50pm the same day, Ramzan Ali — Nur Mohammad's elder brother — was attacked while sitting on a chair at the house of Anwar Hossain in the same area. According to the allegation, Ashik and his father Chanoar Hossain, 48, struck Ramzan multiple times on the head and other parts of the body with bamboo sticks, seriously injuring him.

Local people rescued him and took him to the Saturia Upazila Health Complex. There, doctors referred him to Manikganj Medical College Hospital for better treatment as his condition was critical.

He was later taken from there to the National Hospital in Shyamoli, Dhaka. He died there at around 2:30pm on Saturday while under treatment.

Saturia police station officer-in-charge Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain said a case has been filed over the incident. The body has been sent to the morgue of Manikganj Medical College Hospital for autopsy, and an investigation is under way.