Man kills brother over family feud

A young man was stabbed to death by his younger brother allegedly over a family feud in Basail upazila yesterday.

The deceased, Mazid Miah, 33, son of Sentu Miah of Bathuli Sadi village, was a cloth trader at a local market.

Deceased's wife Mili Begum alleged that Mazid and his four brothers often quarrel with each other over handloom business and ancestral land.

As a sequel, Mazid's younger brother Shafiq Miah, 30, locked in an altercation with his father yesterday morning.

At one stage, when Mazid and his another Lavlu went to stop Shafiq from quarrelling, angry Shafiq stabbed Mazid with a knife, leaving him seriously injured.

Neighbours took Mazid to Tangail General Hospital where the doctors declared him dead.  Officer in Charge of Basail Police Station Harun-or-Rashid said they detained Shafiq for his alleged involvement in the murder.