Freedom fighter beaten dead in Satkhira

A freedom fighter was beaten to death at Ghona Bazar in Sadar upazila of Satkhira early Tuesday.

The victim is Abul Kalam Azad, 65, a resident of Ghona village and owner of a rod-cement shop.

Firoz Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sadar police station, said Hamid's co-villager Mominul bought rod and cement from Kalam's shop a few days back and did not pay the bill.

Mominul locked into an altercation when Kalam went to collect the money from him around 9:00pm on Monday, reports UNB news agency.

At one stage, Mominul aided by some other people beat Kalam, leaving him critically injured. He was then taken to Sadar Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries around 2:30am.

Victim's son Akhtarul Islam then filed a murder case against seven people.

Later, police arrested four people, including Mominul.

Source: Prothom Alo