The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

A garments worker was murdered in the city's Pallabi area early Sunday.

The victim was identified as Mazharul Islam Manna, 40, an iron man of Babylon Garments of Ashulia. Hailed from Madaripur district, Manna was residing at Chandpura Khejurbagan in Ashulia. Police said, Manna went to visit his elder brother Momen, caretaker of a building in Mirpur Section-11 under Pallabi police station, on Saturday night.

But, Manna had an altercation with a worker, Alamgir, over sleeping arrangement at a room of the building.

At one stage, Alamgir hit Manna on his head with a piece of timber at about 1am, leaving him dead on the spot, said sub-inspector Salam of Pallabi police station. Police rushed to the house and arrested Alamgir. The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for postmortem.