A 55-year-old woman was beaten to death for demanding her debt money back in Durarkuti Colony in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat district on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Rahima Begum, wife of Abdul Mannan of the upazila.
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Quoting local people, Moktarul Islam, officer-in-charge of Lalmonirhat Police Station, said one Saiful Islam, 30, son of Abdul Goni has a scrap shop adjacent to the house of Rahima. He took Tk 70,000 from Rahima as loan for business purposes and did not return the money yet.
When Rahima asked for the money, Saiful lodged a complaint with Aditmari Police Station.
While investigating the incident, local people came to know about the incident and they along with Rahima went to Saiful’s shop to know the reason behind filing a complaint against her.
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Angered by the incident, Saiful beat Rahima up with a stick, leaving her injured. She was taken to a local hospital where the doctors declared her dead.
Efforts are on to take legal action after investigation, said OC.