A 20-year-old man was hacked to death on Tuesday allegedly by some local youths over his affair with a woman in Singair upazila of Manikganj.
The deceased was identified as Rony, son of Nawab Ali of Wisenagar village in the upazila, said Shafiqul Islam Molla, officer-in-charge of Singair police station.
The alleged crime occurred in front of a local shop in East Bandail village of the upazila around 4pm.
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According to witnesses, some four or five men, including a youth named Shanto,18, from Sahrail village hacked him with sharp weapons over Rony’s love affair.
Rony’s family took him to Enam Medical College and Hospital in Savar in a critical condition, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
OC Shafiqul said a murder case would be lodged in this regard after an autopsy.
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