A 55-year-old man was hacked to death allegedly by his cousin over a trifling matter in Narail's Lohagara upazila on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Babul Sheikh, son of Afzal Sheikh of Handola village in the upazila.
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Locals and police said Babul Sheikh's cousin Ripon and his associates went to cut palm trees on Babul's land around 10:30 am on Tuesday.
Being informed, Babul went to the land to stop them. Later, they locked into an altercation over the cutting of the trees. At one point, Ripon hacked Babul with a sharp weapon, leaving him critically injured.
