An elderly woman was hacked to death and another critically injured by miscreants over a dispute regarding the business and ownership of a warehouse in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat.
The deceased was identified as Sarabi Begum, 70, while the second woman was attacked as she rushed to save her.
The murder occurred in the wee hours of Tuesday in the Bhulyarhat Bazar area of Votmari Union.
Sarabi was the wife of Elahi Bakhsh, a resident of Purba Bichhandai village under Dauwabari Union in neighbouring Hatibandha Upazila.
Ashraful Islam Raju, a local businessman had been jointly running a business in a warehouse belonging to a man named Nuruddin Mia in the Bhulyarhat Bazar area. A dispute had been ongoing between them for a long time over business accounts and warehouse ownership.
Recently, the warehouse owner Nuruddin sold the property to a local resident named Shahjalal. However, as the business dues and financial accounts were not settled, Raju and his family refused to hand over the premises.
Meanwhile, Raju’s family claimed that Raju owned six decimals of land within the same plot. To maintain possession of the warehouse, Raju had placed his paternal aunt Sarabi there, according to police and local sources.
A gang of miscreants launched an attack on Tuesday morning to take possession of the building. During the attack, they hacked and stabbed Sarabi with sharp weapons, killing her on the spot. Sensing the commotion, another woman rushed to save her and was also critically injured in the attack. Locals subsequently rescued the woman and admitted her to Rangpur Medical College Hospital, according to local sources.
Upon receiving information, Kaliganj police arrived at the scene, recovered the body, and sent it to the Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
Police recovered the body and sent it to the morgue immediately after being informed. Efforts are ongoing to identify and arrest those involved, and legal procedures, including filing a case, are under process, SM Monjure Mowla, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Police Station, said
Police recovered the body and sent it to the morgue immediately after being informed. Efforts are ongoing to identify and arrest those involved, while legal procedures, including filing a case, are underway, SM Monjure Mowla, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Police Station said regarding the matter.
