A freedom fighter was beaten to death over a land feud in Chittagong’s Mirsarai upazila on Friday afternoon.
The victim is Mohammad Shahjahan, 65.
According to his nephew Sohel Mostafa, the incident occurred at around 11:30am at the upazila’s Osmanpur area.
Shahjahan went to visit the disputed land with some of his family members when they came under attack.
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Shahjahan was taken to Jorarganj Hospital from where the doctors sent him to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).
He died at around 2:30pm while being taken to CMCH.
Jorarganj police station’s Officer-in-Charge Helal Uddin said they were on their way to Osmanpur.
