Barisal, October 7 (UNB) - An elderly woman was beaten to death allegedly by neighbours over previous enmity in Uttar Rahmatpur village of Babuganj upazila on Sunday morning.
The deceased was identified as Abala Rani Das, 70, of the village.
The victim’s neighbours Rojina and Helena locked into an argument with her over renting her house to a sweeper family around 10 am, said Abdur Rahaman Mukul, officer-in-charge of Airport Police Station.
At one stage of the argument, they hit Abala Rani with pieces of wood-log in her head around 10 am, said the OC.
Later, locals took her to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital where doctors declared her dead.