A youth's desperate bid to marry his beloved cost him his life as a mob allegedly beat him to death in the town on Monday night.
The victim is Sumon Kumar Ghosh, 32, a sand trader of Mohipur village under Sadar upazila.
Sumon had a love affair with Namita Rani, 23, of Horipur area. She is a third year honours student at Chapainawabganj Govt College, said police quoting locals.
On Monday night, he entered Namita's room with vermilion and one pair of Shankha (white bangles traditionally worn by married Hindu women) for marrying her. At one stage Sumon closed the door and tried to put vermilion mark on her forehead.
Hearing her mother Sunity Roy shouting for help, locals came forward and caught Sumon breaking the door open.
Incensed, they gave him a good beating leaving him seriously injured.
Later locals called in an ambulance from Chapainawabganj Sadar Hospital and sent him to the hospital, where doctors declared him dead around 9:00pm.
The victim's father, Bijoy Ghosh filed a murder case early yesterday against Namita, her mother Sunity Rani and brother Sanjoy Kumar Das and around 30 unnamed others with Sadar Police Station, said Sub-inspector Jahid Hossain, also the investigation officer of the case.
Police picked up Sanjoy from Horipur within hours after recording the case. The other accused, however, fled the area after the incident.
Bijoy admitted his son had affair with Namita, but the girl's family did not accept the relationship. "If my son was guilty, they should have handed him over to police," he noted.
He also demanded exemplary punishment to those responsible for Sumon's death.
Source : The Daily Star
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