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A member of Bangladesh’s military has been hacked to death by a group of men who cut down a tree and blocked the road in Jhenaidah’s Sadar Upazila.
Published : 19 August 2018, 03:37 AM
Updated : 19 August 2018, 03:37 AM
The victim, 32-year-old Saiful Islam, was assigned to the Ghatail Cantonment Medical Corps in Tangail.
The incident occurred in the Haonghata field area of Bankira village around 9:30pm on Saturday night, said Jhenaidah Sadar police OC Emdadul Haque Sheikh.
He told bdnews24.com that Saiful Islam, his father-in-law Shamsul Islam and his brother Monirul Islam, who is in the Navy, were headed to the families’ home in Bankira from Badarganj Bazar on a motorcycle on Saturday night.
“They came to a halt when they found a tree blocking the road at the Haonghata field near the village. Saiful argued with a group of 10-12 men and they attacked him, hacking at his arms and neck with sharp weapons.”
He was taken to Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital in critical condition and passed away around 10:30pm, the police official said.
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