Woman killed after ‘rape’ in Bogura

A woman was killed allegedly after being raped while a man was beaten to death in separate incidents at Dhupchanchia and Sadar upazilas on Thursday.

In Dhupchanchia upazila, some miscreants slaughtered a housewife after raping her while she was sleeping in her house at Barachapra village in the early hours, said police.

The deceased, Afroza Begum, 26, wife of Abdul Mannan of the village, used to live most of the time alone as her husband stays outside for professional reason.

Police said some miscreants entered the house breaking open the door some time after midnight and slaughtered her after rape.

Victim's daughter found her mother dead after waking up from the sleep in the morning.

The body was sent to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital for autopsy, said Shahidul Islam, inspector of Dhupchanchia police station.

In Sadar upazila, a man, Raja Mollah, 60, owner of an auto-rickshaw charging garage, was beaten to death over an argument with an auto-rickshaw driver.

Locals said Raja first beat up Ilias, who charged his rickshaw in the garage and allegedly never paid for it.

Ilias told about his assault to his family after returning home when his son being agitated rushed to Raja's garage and beat him severely.

He was taken to the medical college hospital where physicians declared him dead.

Ilias and his son were arrested over the matter, said additional police superintendent Sanatan Chakrabarti.