Six arrested on charge of killing UP member

Six people have been arrested on charge of killing a union parishad (UP) member during a clash between two groups of people over teasing a girl in Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet on Friday.

The arrestees are Ahsan, Riaz Uddin, Kutu Miah, Gias Uddin, Kawser Ahmed and Selim Uddin. Police arrested them yesterday and the day before.

The arrestees were later produced in a Sylhet court that sent them to jail.

Dudu Mia, 40, a union parishad member, was killed and at least 24 others were injured as an altercation between two groups of villagers over punishing a man for teasing a girl turned violent in Kanaighat upazila on Friday. Dudu Mia was a member of Lakkhiprasad Union Parishad.

The clash broke out after a mobile court led by Kanaighat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Tarek Mohammad Zakaria sentenced one Sabab Uddin to three months in prison for teasing a local schoolgirl at Kuar Gori village on Thursday, the OC said.

After Friday's Juma prayers, Rakib Hasan, elder brother of Sabab, met Dudu Mia near the local mosque. They had an altercation when Rakib claimed that his brother was innocent and was punished due to a conspiracy by Dudu Mia, said police, quoting witnesses.

At one stage of the altercation, the supporters of the two swooped on each other with sticks and bamboos, leaving 25 people from both sides injured.

Dudu Mia, who was hit on the head, was rushed to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital where the doctors declared him dead.