A schoolboy was beaten to death allegedly by a man and his son at the Old Ferry Ghat Balu Point of Hossainpur in Sirajganj on Friday afternoon.
The deceased, Md Ashiq Hossain, 15, was a 10th grade student and son of Dulal Hossain of Hossainpur.
Sirajganj Sadar police station officer-in-charge Md Humayun Kabir said that Ashiq went to bathe at a water pump owned by Al-Amin around 4:00pm on Friday.
Al-Amin and his son Rifat of Hossainpur Bou Bazar area reportedly forbade him from doing so, triggering an altercation.
At one point, Ashiq was struck in the neck with a bamboo stick and died on the spot.
Following the incident, Al Amin and his son fled the area.
The police recovered the body in the evening and sent it to Shaheed M Monsur Ali Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
The body was handed over to the family after the post-mortem on Saturday.
The process of filing a case over the incident is underway, the OC added.
