A 45-year-old farmer was hacked to death allegedly following a dispute over owed money in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah district. A shadow of grief has descended upon the area following the incident.
The incident occurred in a field in Mandartala village within the upazila on Friday.
The deceased, Nur Mohammad, was the son of late freedom fighter Hanef Ali of Mandartala village. The accused, Jasim Uddin, is the son of Lutfar Rahman of Poradah village in the same upazila.
According to locals, Nur Mohammad went to work threshing pulse on a plot of land in the field on Friday morning. At that time, Jasim Uddin of Poradah village arrived to work on an adjacent plot of land.
At one point during the work, an altercation and dispute broke out between the two over previously owed money. In the course of the dispute, Jasim began hacking Nur Mohammad indiscriminately with a sharp cleaver he had in his hand.
As a result, he was severely injured and fell to the ground.
Locals later rescued him quickly and took him to Jashore General Hospital, where the attending doctor declared Nur Mohammad dead.
Imran Alam, officer-in-charge of Maheshpur Police Station, said police were sent to the spot after receiving the information. The process of taking legal action regarding the incident is currently underway.
