Man hacked to death in front of wife

A man has been hacked to death by miscreants in front of his wife over a land dispute.

The incident took palce on Tuesday night  at Patitala village under Sundarganj upazila  in Gaibandha.

The deceased was identified as Uttam Chandra Debnath.

Police sent the body to a local hospital morgue on Wednesday morning for autopsy.

Abdullahil Zaman, officer-in-charge of Sundarganj Police Station, said a group of miscreants swooped on the house of Uttam around 8:30pm and stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him dead on the spot.

Police suspected that miscreants might have killed him over land dispute.

No one has been arrested in this connection.

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