Sunamganj: An elderly man died from injuries he received during a brawl with his neighbours over a quarrel among children at Kabirpur village in Jagannathpur upazila on Monday night.

Quoting villagers, Mohammad Mursalin, officer-in-charge of Jagannathpur village, said children of the families of Mokhles Ullah and his neighbour Abdul Khalek had quarrel during playing in the house yard in the evening.

Over the issue, Khalek hit Mokhles, in his eighties, with elbow, leaving him critically injured.

Later he was rushed to Jagannathpur upazila health complex where he succumbed to his injuries at about 11:00pm.