A 40-year-old man was killed and two people were injured in a clash between two groups over previous enmity in Dighalia upazila of Khulna on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Md Asabur Sheikh, son of Ikhtiar Sheikh of the upazila.
Witnesses said Nur Islam Sheikh’s sons Tutul Sheikh, Kamal Sheikh and Shahjalal Sheikh stabbed Asabur with lethal weapons at their yard around 8.45am, leaving him critically injured.
He was rushed to Khulna Medical College Hospital where physicians pronounced him dead, they said.
Kamal Sheikh and Shahjala Sheikh, who were injured in the clash, were undergoing treatment at the upazila health complex.
Ripon Kumar Sarkar, inspector of Dighlia police station, said they detained six people in connection with the murder.
Additional law enforcers were deployed to fend off any untoward incident, he said adding that no case was filed.