Shop owner, customer hack each other

A customer and a snack shop owner hacked each other following a dispute over bill payment in the capital's Hazaribagh yesterday.

Three family members of the shop owner Jahangir Hossain, 45, were also injured in a clash between them and the customer Masud.

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Jahangir alleged that after having snacks and tea at his shop, Masud refused to pay the bill. Instead, he slapped Jahangir's two sons when they asked for it, leading to the clash, he said.

At one stage, Masud took a machete from a nearby shop and attacked Jahangir, prompting him to launch a counter attack after snatching the weapon, said Hazaribagh Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mir Alimuzzaman.

Jahangir, his wife Parvin Begum, 40, and their sons Sujan and Sajal took treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital; while Masud was admitted to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation.