Netrakona man killed over land

Three unnatural deaths were reported within six hours in Kalmakanda upazila of Netrakona yesterday.

At Nazirpur, Mosharraf Hossain, 46, was allegedly killed by his younger brother, Mozammel Hossain, following a dispute over ancestral land.

According to police and family members, an argument broke out between the two brothers during land measurement and escalated into a scuffle. Mosharraf collapsed after being pushed and was taken to Durgapur Upazila Health Complex, where he was declared dead.

Meanwhile, the body of Rabiqul Islam, 37, was found hanging inside his room at Chinahala village. 

Earlier in the same morning, a two-year-old child, Sani, son of Jalal Mia, drowned in a pond at Baroiundo village.

According to police and family members, he was declared dead at Kalmakanda Upazila Health Complex.

Kalmakanda Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Siddiq Hossain told The Daily Star that the bodies of Rabiqul and Mosharraf were sent for autopsy while the child’s body was handed over to the family.