A youth was beaten to death by rivals over establishing dominance in their area at Awdha village in Shailkupa upazila in Jhenaidah on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Kallol Hossain, 32, son of Akbar Khondokar of Baroda village in Bogura union of the upazila. Rafiq Hossain, a neighbor of Kollol, said a feud was ongoing between the supporters of Anu Bishwash and Moka Bishwash in the area. On Saturday, while farming in their onion field, some men of the rival group with hammer and sharp weapons attacked Anu Bishwas’s supporter Kollol from behind, said witness Rafiq Hossain. He was taken to Shailkupa Upazila Health Complex after rescue where the duty doctor announced him dead. Read: Man, woman’s hanging body recovered from Gazipur Dr Shahnewaz Ibne Kashim, Medical Officer of the health complex, said the boy had several injury marks on his body and might have died from excessive bleeding. Rafiqul Islam, Officer-in-Charge of Shailkupa police station, said police forces have been deployed in the area to avoid any further clash. Efforts are on to detain the accused in the incident, said the OC.

Two more youths, who reportedly drank excessive liquor during New Year's Eve celebrations on Thursday, died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) raising the death toll to five by Saturday night.

A youth was lynched by a mob shortly after he stabbed another youth to death on Tuesday morning in Dacope upazila in Khulna.   The stabbed youth was identified as Nilotpal Raptan, 28, son of Sukumar Raptan while the man killed by mob was identified as Emon, son of Badol Sheikh.   Confirming the information, Md Shafiqul Islam Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Dacope Police Station, said Nilotpal was stabbed to death on the spot by Emon over a trifling issue regarding pasturing cattle in Bajua SN Degree College field at around 9:30am.   After a while, agitated villagers caught Emon and beat him up. He was declared dead after being taken to Upazila Health Complex, the OC added.