Man hacked to death in Gaibandha

A man was hacked to death by miscreants at Patitala village in Sundarganj upazila of Gaibandha on Tuesday night.

The deceased was identified as Uttam Chandra Debnath.

Quoting victim’s wife, Abdullahil Zaman, officer-in-charge of Sundarganj Police Station, said a group of miscreants swooped on the house of Uttam around 8:30pm and stabbed him indiscriminately.

He was killed on the spot.

Police suspected that miscreants might have killed him over land dispute.

No-one has been arrested in this connection.

Police sent the body to a local hospital morgue on Wednesday morning for autopsy.