Man, 45, Killed By Nephew At Bengal Market, Family Feud Suspected

Kolkata:

Stress is prevailing at Raidighi in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district after an individual was hacked to dying by his nephew at a busy market on Tuesday morning, police mentioned.

The sufferer has been recognized as Sheikh Bahadur, 45, and the accused is his nephew Shahadat Sheikh.

The assailant is on the run and the police have began the method of monitoring and nabbing him. As per statements given by the relations of the sufferer in addition to the native individuals, a household feud was the explanation behind the killing.

The native individuals have knowledgeable the investigating officers that the feud between the uncle and nephew began over a current theft on the residence of Shahadat Sheikh, for which he had held his uncle accountable.

In accordance with the neighbours, since that point, there had been frequent quarrels between the 2 although nobody imagined that the feud would lead to such a grotesque finish.

Eyewitnesses advised the investigating officers that on Tuesday morning, Bahadur went to a tea stall positioned at an area market there. Out of the blue, Shahadat arrived on the place with a few of his associates and picked up a quarrel together with his uncle. Quickly the verbal spat between the 2 turned to scuffling and shortly after, the nephew dragged out a pointy weapon and hacked his uncle to dying. After that, he escaped from the spot together with his associates. The native individuals shifted the profusely bleeding Bahadur to an area hospital the place he was declared lifeless.

“The physique of the lifeless has been despatched for autopsy functions. In the meantime, our efforts are on to trace the killer and his associates. The close by police stations have additionally been alerted,” a district police official mentioned.

The stunning crime got here hours after an unidentified physique with its throat slit was recovered from the street at Raidighi solely on Monday afternoon. Police are additionally investigating the matter.

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