Satkhira: A freedom fighter was beaten to death at Ghona Bazar in Sadar upazila of Satkhira early on Tuesday.

The victim is Abul Kalam Azad, in his sixties, a resident of Ghona village and owner of a construction tools shop.

The Sadar Police Officer-in-charge (OC) Firoz Hossain said Hamid’s co-villager Mominul bought rod and cement from Kalam’s shop a few days back and did not pay the bill.

Mominul locked into an altercation when Kalam went to collect the money from him around 9:00pm on Monday.

At one stage, Mominul aided by some other people beat Kalam mercilessly, leaving him critically injured. He was taken to Sadar Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries around 2:30am.

Victim’s son Akhtarul Islam then filed a murder case against seven people.

Later, police arrested four people, including Mominul.