The deceased, a mobile recharge vendor, charged a youth Tk1 extra as he was recharging only Tk10
A youth yesterday killed an elderly neighbour at Bijoynagar in Brahmanbaria for demanding Tk1 extra while recharging the youth’s mobile phone balance.
The deceased, Abdul Bashir Mia, 58, was a grocery shop owner and a mobile recharge vendor in Khatinga village of Paharpur union in the district.
Witnesses said Sohel Mia, 22, son of carpenter Badshah Mia, went to the grocery shop to recharge his mobile phone yesterday morning.
Bashir Mia charged him Tk1 extra as the youth was recharging only Tk10.
It is a common practice among mobile recharge vendors to charge Tk1 or Tk2 extra for recharges of less than Tk20.
Sohel refused to pay the extra amount, and a heated argument started between them.
Abul Kalam Azad, a neighbour and a teacher by profession, pacified them momentarily. But Sohel along with a few friends later attacked Bashir with weapons at around 12’oclock. They stabbed the old grocer in the abdomen with a knife.
Bashir died on the spot. His sons Hedayet Ullah, 24, and Rahmat Ullah, 22, were also injured in the attack and were admitted to Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital.
Hedayet was later sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital as his condition deteriorated. A doctor said there were eight wounds on Hedayet’s body and he was in a critical condition.
Jasim Uddin, sub-inspector of Bijoynagar police station, said Sohel’s cousin Shamsu Mia, 45, and his aunt Marufa Begum were arrested in connection with the incident.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
