Two beaten to death: Six accused arrested

Kurigram Correspondent :
At last one brother and one sister of a same family were beaten to death and two others were injured by their rival due to a simple matter at Roypur village under Kathalbari union in Kurigram Sadar upazila on Wednesday.
Six suspects were arrested and a murder case was filed on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Abul Kalam Azad (70) and his elder sister Sakina Begum (75).Locals and police sources said in the broad daylight at noon on Wednesday the deceased Abul Kalam exchanged hot words with his neighbor Dulal Miah over cutting a branch of a mango tree. At one stage of their altercation Dulal Miah became agitated and attacked Abul Kalam Azad with bamboo stick at 9.30 pm. Abul Kalam and his elder sister Sakina were injured on head seriously. They were immediately taken to Kurigram General Hospital in a critical condition where the attending doctors declared Abul Kalm dead.
Hearing the death news his sister Sakina Begum shocked and died in the Hospital in the same day.
The deceased family as well as the villagers are shocked following the incident.Additional SP Sadar Circle Md.Ziaur Rahman told that a murder case was filed accusing 12 on Thursday six accused were arrested and the rest six accused will be arrested soon.