Day-labourer killed over payment dispute in Pabna

PABNA, June 8 (UNB): A day-labourer was allegedly killed by other labourers over a trifling matter in Deobhog Bazar area of Faridpur upazila on Monday morning.

The deceased was identified as Munnaf Mondol, 48, son of Julmot Mondol, a resident of Deobhog village and the leader of a group of day-labourers.

Saiful Islam, officer-in-charge of Faridpur Police Station said Munnaf had a dispute with other workers over the distribution of payment of a soil cutting work. As a sequel, he locked into an altercation with the workers on Monday morning.

At one stage, the workers beat their team leader Munnaf indiscriminately and left him critically injured.