Dhaka – A day labourer was reportedly beaten to death allegedly by a BNP leader following a trifling matter at Baromari in Nalitabari upazila in Sherpur on Saturday noon.The deceased was identified as Julhas Miah, 48.Locals said Julhas locked into an altercation over extracting soil with Ansar Ali, former general secretary of Poragaon union unit of BNP, around 12 pm.At one stage of the altercation, Ansar and his followers swooped on Julhas and gave the labourer a tremendous thrashing, leaving him injured severely.Later, the injured worker was taken to Sherpur District Hospital and where doctors declared him dead, said officer-in-charge of Nalitabari Police Station M Fasihur Rahman.The body was sent to hospital morgue for autopsy, the OC added.UNB news agency
