Rickshaw-puller murdered
A rickshaw-puller was beaten to death at Jugipara Saturday evening triggering protest in the district town. The deceased was identified as Hassan Mollah Hassu, 45, hailed from Goyeshpur village in Sadar upazila. Police said the rickshaw-puller took two passengers to Jugipara. When Hassu demanded Tk 10 instead of Tk 8 as fare, the two passengers locked in an altercation with him. At one stage, they beat up Hassu mercilessly, leaving him dead on the spot. Police yesterday arrested one of the accused. Earlier the fellow rickshawpullers staged demonstration in the town carrying the body of Hassu.
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