A homeopathy doctor has been mercilessly hacked to death in public and in broad daylight, in Mymensingh's Gafargaon upazila on Monday.
The victim, Md Harun Or Rashid, 48, was son of Khorshed Ali of Goalbar village under Pythal union of the upazila.
The incident took place at Goeshpur Bazar under Pythal around noon on Monday. According to locals, Harun was the former joint convener of Pythal Union unit BNP.
Witnesses said on Monday noon, a local youth named Rubel hacked homeopathy doctor Harun Or Rashid indiscriminately in a public place with a local weapon, leaving him dead on the spot.
Locals caught Rubel and handed him over to the police. Enraged locals set fire to his house.
Police had to rush to the address, charged batons and fired four rounds of bullets to bring the situation under control.
Aktaruzzaman Dhali, a local UP Chairman, said the incident of murder is gruesome. “But I don't know why or how it got to that ”.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Pagla police station Mohammad Khairul Alam said that police are investigating the murder.