Schoolboy murdered

Unb, Sherpur
A schoolboy was killed allegedly by neighbours at Kharia village in Sribardi upazila on Monday night. The dead is Ilias Ali, 13, class V student of Kharia Government Primary School and son of Ismail Hossain, a Saudi expatriate of the village. Police and locals said, there was a long-standing dispute between Ismail and his neighbour Masud and his family members over a piece of land. Masud along with his three aides called Ilias out and took him to a lonely place at the village on Monday night. He did not return home and his body was found in the morning near Jhenia High School, one kilometer away from Kharia village. Being informed, police recovered the body from behind Jhenia High School and sent it to hospital for autopsy. OC of Sribardi PS suspected that Ilias was strangled and later his body was dumped behind the school. Police arrested four people including Masud suspecting their involvement with the killing.