An activist of local Awami League (AL) was beaten to death over as internal feud of the party in Kutir Bagan area of Jessore's Jhikargachha upazila on Sunday.

A person was detained for quizzing, Officer-in-Charge of Jhikargachha Police Station Masud Karim said, adding that no case was filed as of filing of this report around 6:00pm yesterday.

The deceased was Omar Ali, 55, of Panchpota village in the upazila. The body was sent to a hospital morgue for autopsy.

The incident took place over establishing supremacy in the area between two rival groups of AL.

Mintu Moroi, son of the deceased, said criminals, led by Tariqul Islam Liton, member of ward No 8 of Hazirbagh union parishad, killed his father in Kutir Bagan area after abducting him from Harikhali Bazar around 8:15pm on Sunday.

Rafiq Mollah, vice president of Hazirbagh union unit of AL, said the AL activist was killed by Liton and his men as Omar's brother Mahar Ali contested for the union unit president of AL very recently.

Liton is a son of Abdul Wahab, president of Hazirbagh union unit of AL, he said.

Dr Kallol Kumar Saha, medical officer of Jessore General Hospital, said Omar died before he was rushed to the hospital around 11:40pm.