Hindu man ‘beaten to death for relationship with Muslim girl’

A Hindu man was beaten to death over his alleged relationship with a Muslim girl in Nowabad Bhuiyan Bazar of Kishoreganj’s Karimganj upazila early Saturday.
Ridoy Rabi Das, 21, worked at a hair salon in Nowabad Bhuiyan Bazar.
Locals said he had a relationship with a 16-year-old girl.
Lt Col Riazul Karim of Karimganj army camp said locals brought him there after he was beaten up. “He fell ill during interrogation. We hospitalised him.”
The cause of his death could be known after autopsy and viscera reports, the army officer said.
Dr Kamrul Islam of President Abdul Hamid Medical College Hospital said army personnel brought Ridoy to the hospital around 2:15am on Saturday and he died an hour later. He had injury marks on different parts of his body, he said.
Locals said Ridoy and his cousin Shakil Rabi Das were brought to a club by the girl’s relatives on Friday.
Local UP Chairman Mostafa Kamal, member Jahangir Miah, and Nowabad Bhuiyan Bazar committee President Manzil Miah were present at the club, said Shakil.
Shakil alleged that their phones were taken away and they were beaten up.
“After an hour, we were taken to a nearby army camp in an auto-rickshaw. At the camp, we were interrogated separately. I don’t know what happened to Ridoy,” he said.
Chairman Mostafa denied the allegation of beating up Ridoy. He said they just checked Ridoy’s phone and sent him to the army camp.