OUR CORRESPONDENT, Bagerhat

A local Jubo Dal activist was hacked to death by miscreants in Kachua upazila of Bagerhat early yesterday.

The deceased is Jahidul Islam Mintu, 45, of Shibpur village under Raripara union, said police.

Raripara union BNP President Rezaul Hossain said Mintu was a Jubo Dal activist.

According to locals, Mintu’s family had been dealing with complications due to his two marriages. On Monday night, an argument broke out between Mintu and his first wife, Jharna Begum. Around 3:00am, a group of 8–10 men stormed their house, beat him up, and hacked him with sharp weapons, leaving him critically injured.

He was declared dead at Khulna Medical College Hospital, said Shamim Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Kachua Police Station.

Md Shamim Hossain, additional superintendent of police (Sadar Circle), said police launched an investigation to identify and arrest the killers.

He said police detained Jharna Begum in connection with the murder.

No case was filed till the filing of this report around 6:00pm.