A former member of Union Parishad (UP) named Md Nashir Uddin was beaten to death by the opponents for demanding Tk 5,000 for the barge of betel leaf in Maheshkhali of Cox's Bazar.
The incident took place at Satghar Para village under Ward No 5 of Shaplapur Union of the upazila on Monday.
Deceased Nashir is the son of Ashad Ali of the same village and a former member of the same ward.
According to the information received from the villagers, Nashir Uddin, former member of Shaplapur Union Parishad gave his land to Nurul Islam Gong for betel leaf farming in Manipur of Shaplapur. There was a dispute between them over Tk 5000 as a cost of land borrowing. As a result, on Monday morning under the leadership of Nurul Islam, Alamgir, Mohammad Zahir and 10-12 others publicly beat him to death.
Maheshkhali police station OC (investigation) Tajuddin said the body was recovered from the spot and sent to Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital for post-mortem. Police are trying to bring those involved in the murder to justice. One of the accused has been arrested.
