Schoolteacher stabbed to death

A primary schoolteacher was stabbed to death by unidentified criminals at Manash village in Barhatta upazila yesterday.

The deceased was identified as Arjun Chandra Sinha, 42, headmaster of Manash Government Primary School.

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Officer-in-Charge (OC) Salimuzzaman of Barhatta Police Station quoted witnesses as saying that a gang of criminals swooped on Arjun and stabbed him indiscriminately while he was going to the school around 10:00am. He died on the spot.

He had an enmity with Abul Kashem, a member of Asma Union Parishad, over formation of the school managing committee, the OC added.

On information, police went to the spot, recovered the body and sent it to Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.

Police arrested a man named Babu in connection with the murder.