A grocer was killed in an attack allegedly by the wife of his younger brother, over a property feud in Adharsha Sadar upazila of the district on Friday.
Police, however, detained the accused woman identified as Selina Aktar, 30, in this connection.
The deceased—Ripon, 40, was son of Mobarrak Hossain of Dhigalgaon village under the upazila. He used to run a grocery shop at local Kalir Bazar.
Locals and police said the victim and his younger brother Babul’s wife Selina had been at loggerheads over ownership of a piece of land in the village for a long time.
On Friday morning, Selina barred Ripon from digging on the soil of the land, resulting in an altercation.
At one stage, the accused hit Ripon with a brick, including on the neck and other parts of the body leaving him dead on the spot.
Ahmed Manjur Morshed, officer-in-charge of Kotwali police station, confirmed the murder saying that they detained the accused following the incident.
A process of filing a case was underway in connection with the murder, the OC added.
Source: United News of Bangladesh