A 60-year-old man was hacked to death in Singair upazila of Manikganj on Tuesday, allegedly for filing a complaint against a man who attempted to rape his granddaughter.
The deceased was identified as Ali Asgar, son of late Abdur Rashid, of Roydakshin area under Joymontop union.
The accused, Al Amin, 38, a resident of the same village, has been absconding since the incident.
According to the victim's nephew Abul Kalam and local residents, Al Amin had been harassing the girl, a class-III student, for some time.
On Monday, he allegedly tried to sexually assault her on her way home from school. She managed to escape with the help of a local auto-rickshaw driver and informed her mother, who is Ali Asgar's daughter.
Following the incident, the family lodged a complaint with Singair Police Station on Tuesday afternoon.
Later in the evening, around 7pm, Al Amin, along with a group of accomplices, allegedly attacked Ali Asgar in a nearby paddy field, leaving him critically injured. �"UNB
