Laxmipur: A man was stabbed to death by his elder brother at Bhatialpur village in Ramganj upazila yesterday night over a trifling matte,r, reports UNB.
The deceased was identified as Mohammad Alam, 30, a resident of the village.
Quoting family members, police said Mohammad Alam locked into an altercation with his elder brother Nur Alam in the afternoon on Sunday over the lifting of a seed of betel-nut tree from his lands.
At one stage, Nur stabbed him with a sharp weapon, leaving him critically injured, said Mohammad Tonta Miah, officer-in-charge of Ramganj police station.