‘Son’ beats man to death

A man was killed allegedly by his son over a trifling matter at Purbadhar Bheula Charpara in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Saturday, reports UNB.

The deceased was identified as Ruhul Quader, 55, of the area.

Quoting family members, Chakaria police station officer-in-charge Osman Goni said Ruhul Quader asked his son Shahidul Islam to go to their crop field for harvesting paddy after Fazr prayers when he was sleeping.

As he tried to wake him up, Shahidul got furious and locked into an altercation with his father.

At one stage, Shahidul hit his father with a stick, leaving him critically injured.

Later, he was taken to a local hospital where physicians declared Ruhul dead.