OUR CORRESPONDENT, Mymensingh

An auto-rickshaw driver has been beaten to death by a group people over dues of only Tk 350 in the Mankon Boardghar area of Muktagacha upazila in Mymensingh.

Fahim, 25, a father of a seven-month-old girl, was beaten indiscriminately on Monday afternoon and admitted to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH), where he died the following day, said police.

His body was sent to MMCH morgue for autopsy.

Quoting the case statement, Ripon Chandra Goop, officer-in-charge of Muktagacha Police Station, said there was a dispute between Fahim’s uncle Moznu Mia and local grocer Rasel Mia over the due of Tk 350. Rasel allegedly had an altercation with Moznu on Sunday. After that, Rasel and his accomplices asked Moznu to come to his shop to settle the matter.

On Monday afternoon, Moznu along with Fahim reached the spot. At one stage, Rasel along with Sajib Hasan, Mankon Union Jatitabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) unit president, started beating them with pieces of wood, injuring four people including Fahim.

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