STAR REPORT

At least nine people were killed due to previous enmity and the bodies of two others were recovered in five districts over the last two days.

One of the incidents was the murder of 28-year-old Amena and her one-and-a-half-year-old son Aswad allegedly by one of their relatives following a family dispute in Manikganj’s Daulatput upazila.

Quoting locals, police said there was a longstanding family dispute between Yusuf Molla, 35, and his elder brother Salam Molla, 40, who is Amena’s husband.

On Saturday night, Salam was at his shop. Taking the chance, Yusuf allegedly attacked Amena and her child with a sharp weapon in their residence at around 10:00pm, said Swapan Kumar Sarkar, the officer-in-charge of Daulatpur Police Station.

He later attacked Salam while he was returning home after closing his shop. Salam was admitted to the local health complex.

In a separate incident in Manikganj Sadar upazila, a youth was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants early yesterday.

The deceased was identified as Md Sajib, 28, of Uttar Putail village.

The incident took place around 1:15am over previous enmity, said Ikram Hossain, the OC of Manikganj Sadar Police Station.

Over at Khulna, police recovered the bodies of a woman and two children from a house in the city on Saturday evening.

The deceased were identified as Fatema Begum, 60, Shamim Bepari, 13, and Mostakim Bepari, 4.

The bodies were recovered around 6:00pm from a house in the Darul Aman area, said Md Rafiqul Islam, the OC of Sonadanga Police Station.

According to preliminary findings, Fatema’s second husband might have killed them, he said.

In Noakhali, miscreants allegedly beat a young man to death with iron rods on Saturday night.

The victim, Jobayer Hossain alias Rakib, 24, was a resident of Sharifpur union under Begumganj upazila.

Quoting family members, police said a dispute had reportedly arisen three or four days earlier between the son of Rakib’s cousin and a local shopkeeper.

On Saturday night at around 9:30pm, Rakib and his younger brother, Rimon, were heading home from the market when a group of assailants allegedly attacked them.

Rakib suffered severe injuries after being struck on the head and other parts of his body with iron rods, police said.

He was taken to the hospital, where doctors declared him dead, said Md Shamsuzzaman, the OC of Begumganj Model Police Station.

In another incident in Noakhali Sadar upazila, businessman Md Kamal Uddin, 48, died while trying to intervene in a clash between two groups over a dispute related to a gambling den.

Shriram Chandra Bhattacharya, inspector (operations) of Sudharam Model Police Station, said Kamal’s nephew Farhad was first assaulted over a gambling-related dispute at Dadpur area at around 10:00pm on Saturday night.

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