Suspended cop killed in Panchagarh
Suspended cop killed in Panchagarh road crash, 4 held
A 52-year-old suspended cop was killed in a road crash in Atwari upazila of Panchagarh Monday after being allegedly chased by some villagers.
The deceased was identified as Moinul Haque, a resident of Danabir village in Dhamor union of the upazila.
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According to locals, Moinul and his brother Anwar Hssain Bacchu had an altercation with another villager named Anisur on Monday over an issue related to land.
Later Anisur’s family members started chasing Moinul with sticks. He tried to speed away on his bike but crashed into a roadside tree on the busy Mirzapur-Shiktihari Road.
Passersby rushed an injured Moinul to Atwari Upazila Health Complex where he was declared dead on arrival.
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Sohel Rana, officer-in-charge of Atwari police station, said that four people -- Anisur Rahman,35, his wife Lucky Akter, 34, his cousin Masud Rana, 35, and Akibul, 34, -- were detained in connection with the death.
A case of unnatural death was lodged by police in this regard, he said. "The body has been sent for an autopsy," OC Sohel added.
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