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A college student was hacked to death in broad daylight on Wednesday in Balakipur village of Baniachong upazila of Habiganj district over a family dispute.
The deceased was identified as Sadeq Chowdhury, 18, a first-year commerce student at Sachindra College in Baniachang, reports UNB.
The victim's maternal uncle, Mortuz Ali, said a long-standing conflict had been brewing between Sadeq's family and that of Saraj Mia, a resident of the same village.
The tension escalated after Mortuz’s other nephew, Police Constable Enayet Ahmed Chowdhury, married Saraj Mia’s daughter.
On Wednesday afternoon, Saraj Mia, accompanied by his son and nephews, allegedly ambushed Sadeq near Ratna Bazar while he was alone and attacked him with sharp weapons. Sadeq was critically injured and died on the way to Habiganj Sadar Adhunik Hospital.
His body has been kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy. No case had been filed at the time of reporting.
Police are investigating the incident.