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Man hacked to death in Sirajganj

SIRAJGANJ, Oct 25: Assailants hacked a rice trader to death at Shialkhol Bazar in Sadar Upazila early on Monday. The dead was identified as Abdus Salam, 35, of Raghunathpur village in the upazila. Local sources said the assailants attacked Salam at Shialkhol Bazar at about 1 AM on his way home and hacked him indiscriminately, killing him on the spot. Police recovered the body on Monday morning. Police suspect the killing might be a sequel to previous enmity, reports UNB.

Three killed in road mishap

KHULNA, Oct 25: Three people, including two businessmen, were killed and two others injured when a truck overturned near the toll-plaza of Khanjahan Ali Bridge, popularly known as Rupsha Bridge, on Monday morning. Police said the vegetable-laden truck from Nirala kitchen market in the city started for Madaripur at 8.30 AM. While crossing the bridge at about 9 AM the driver lost control over the steering and the vehicle after hitting an electric pole turned turtle killing the three on the spot, reports UNB.

Housewife injured in acid attack

JESSORE, Oct 25: A housewife sustained severe burn injuries when miscreants threw acid on her at Andaikhola village in Bagharpara Upazila on Saturday night. The victim was identified as Chaina Begum, 27, wife of Milan Hossain of the village. Neighbours said a gang of local terrorists including Ahad Ali, Majed Ali and Badsha hurled acid at her at dead of night while she was sleeping with her husband and a minor child in the veranda of their house. The terrorists also threatened Chaina to kill her husband if she disclose their names to police. Local people rushed her to the district General Hospital where her condition was stated to be critical, reports UNB.

Son kills father in Comilla

COMILLA, Oct 25: A sexagenarian man was murdered allegedly by his son at Nimsar village in Burichang Upazila on Sunday morning. Local people said Jahir Raihan Dalim, son of Haji Abdus Samad Master, 68, of the village, married his fiancée a few days ago and since then he had been insisting his family to accept their marriage. They said an altercation took place in the morning with his father when he refused to accept the marriage and at one stage Jahir hacked him to death. Neighbors caught Jahir soon after the incident and handed over him to police. Later, the body was sent to hospital morgue for autopsy. A case was filed, reports UNB.

JCD leader killed in road accident

SYLHET, Oct 25: A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader was killed in a tragic road accident in Nabiganj upazila on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Habiganj district on Saturday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Masum Ahmed, son of late Syed Ali of Karimpur village in the Upazila, also a senior executive committee member of Sylhet city JCD unit. Witnesses said the mishap occurred at about 4 PM when a Dhaka-bound speedy bus dashed the motorcycle of Masum while he was returning from his village home to his residence on the outskirts of the city after offering 'fateha' at his father's grave. Local people rushed Masum to the Osmani Medical College Hospital where the duty doctors declared him dead, reports UNB.