Jumbangla Desk: Another brother has been accused of hacking his sister and younger brother's wife to death due to a land dispute in Gangni, Meherpur. This incident took place in Daripara area of Sanghat village of Gangni upazila around 11 am on Saturday. It is alleged that Mohibul Islam Ohid's elder brother committed the murder by cutting it with a ramada and escaped unmolested.
Meherpur
The deceased are Zakia Akhter (45), wife of Zahid Hossain of Sanghat village and Jochna Khatun (55), wife of Hafizul Islam of Boalia village of Chuadanga.
Zakia's husband Zahid Hossain and another sister Shamima Akhtar were injured in the incident. The injured are undergoing treatment at Meherpur 250-bed general hospital.
Deceased Zakia is the wife of accused Ohid's younger brother and Jochna Khatun is his elder sister.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Gangni Police Station Tajul Islam confirmed the truth of the incident.
Police have been deployed in the area. He also said that the situation is prevailing in the area.
Locals said that there was a case between brothers and sisters regarding ancestral property for a long time. On the morning of the incident, Jochana Khatun's other sister Shamima Khatun came to release fish in the pond of their father's 1 acre 27th century land.
In the morning, everyone sat together at home. At one point in the process, sister Jochna, younger brother Zahid and his wife Zakia went to fish in the pond. At this time, Mohibul Islam Ohid was angry one after another with sharp ramada. Sister Jochna Khatun and brother's wife Zakia died on the spot.
The accused Mohibul Islam Ohid is said to be the executive director of an organization called Sanghat Palli Unyaan Sanstha.
Gangni Police Station OC Tajul Islam, Gangni Upazila Nirbahi Officer Pritam Saha and other administration officials visited the spot after receiving the information.