A simmering rivalry over local control boiled over into carnage in Narail Sadar upazila, Bangladesh, where four lives were lost in a morning ambush on February 23. Among the deceased were Khalil Mollah and his son Tahjjud (38), alongside Firdous Sheikh (33) and Ostickur Fakir (35) from Barakula village.
According to police, the violence ignited at 5:15 AM when Khair Mollah’s group ambushed their opponents in a bid to assert supremacy. Inspector Ajay Kumar Kundu revealed this feud had been brewing for years, with today’s attack sparking immediate fatalities: three killed instantly and one more in medical care.
‘We’ve deployed additional forces to contain the situation,’ Kundu assured, as tension lingers in the Singsholpur Union area. This outbreak reflects deeper issues of factional power struggles plaguing Bangladesh’s countryside, often escalating without warning.
Adding to the day’s grim toll, Dhaka witnessed another horror at Postogola shmashan ghat, where theft suspicions led a crowd to beat Abdur Rahim (35) to death. Brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s emergency at midnight, he passed away by 5:30 AM despite treatment at the One-Stop Emergency Center.
Police Inspector MD Faruk noted the incident occurred at a new site of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority. With Bangladesh’s democratically elected leadership pushing for tougher anti-crime measures, these back-to-back events spotlight the urgent need for community policing and conflict resolution mechanisms to safeguard lives.