Two brothers were killed in a clash over land dispute at Bauphal upazila in Patuakhali district on Wednesday night.
The incident took place at around 10.30pm at Atashkhali village under Ward no-8 of Adadbaria union in the upazila.
The deceased were identified as Selim Munsi, 45, and his cousin Alauddin Munsi, 50. Both were residents of the aforesaid village.
According to locals, there had been a longstanding dispute between Selim and Alauddin over a piece of a land. As sequel to that, Alauddin alongwith his cohorts attacked Selim at night with lethal weapons, leaving him dead on the spot.
During the clash, Alauddin also died on the spot. But it was not confirmed yet either he died of heart attack or after being hit by the opponents.
Bauphal Police Station officer in-charge Kumar Gayen said being informed, police recovered the bodies and sent to a local hospital morgue for autopsy.
Two separate murder cases have been filed with the police station, and legal action would be taken in this regard after investigation, the OC added.
Police, later, detained Alauddin`s wife Phul Banu, 47, and daughter Marjia and showed them arrested in the cases, he said.
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