Man punched to death in Bhola

A man was killed after receiving a punch in a bid to stop quarrel between his two brothers-in-law at Dakshin Koralia village in Sadar upazila of Bhola district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Afsar Kazi, 50. Police said two siblings Alauddin and Hanif Biswas locked into an altercation centering a land-related dispute at the village in the afternoon. At one stage, they attacked each other. As their brother-in-law Afsar moved forward to stop them quarreling, he was hit by a punch thrown by Alauddin. Later he was rushed to Bhola Sadar Hospital where attending doctors declared him dead. Oshim Sikder, officer-in-charge of Bhola Sadar Police Station, confirmed the incident, according to a news agency.

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