Two arrested over murder in Gaibandha

Two men were arrested in connection with the killing of a man in Gaibandha's Sundarganj upazila following an altercation on Friday.

The deceased was identified as Bablu Miya.

Sundarganj police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdullahil Jaman said that the altercation broke out between three-four residents in Shantiram Kalitala village on Friday morning.

The altercation soon turned violent when the sons of Younus Ali, Shahin and Masud came out of their house and attacked Bablu with sharp weapons and sticks, cops said.

Locals rescued the severely injured Bablu and rushed him to a nearby hospital, but he died on the way around 11.30 am.

The OC said: "We have arrested Shahin and Masud in connection with the death".