SATKHIRA: A schoolteacher was allegedly stabbed to death by his younger brother at bordering Goira village in Kalaroa upazila Friday night over a family feud.

The dead is Shah Alam, 38, a teacher of Hizaldi Secondary High School in the upazila.

Kalaroa thana OC Enamul Haque said Shah Alam had an altercation with his brother Nazmul Alam over a trifling matter at about 11:30pm.

“At one stage of the quarrel, Nazmul stabbed his elder brother Shah Alam indiscriminately with a sharp knife, leaving him seriously injured,” said an eyewitness account of the attack.

Shah Alam was rushed to a doctor in Goira Bazar where he succumbed to his injuries, the source said.

Police recovered the body and sent to morgue for autopsy.

Victim’s wife Nazma Sultana filed a case with the respective police station accusing Nazmul.
 
Police said they could not arrest Nazmul as he fled to India at the same night.

BDST 1340 hrs June 26, 2010
Corr/RS/LY