Uprooted large trees falling on a house at Kakina village in Kaliganj upazila leave it in a mangled form as a nor'wester sweeping across Kaliganj and Aditmari upazilas under Lalmonirhat district caused extensive damage to houses and trees yesterday.

Criminals torched a betel leaf plantation at Saihati village in Kaliganj upazila of the district on Wednesday night. Witnesses said a gang of unidentified criminals entered the garden owned by Joydev Kumar Debnath at around 11:30 pm and set fire to it.

The dead victims are Badal, 35, and Zakir, 25, residents of Kaliganj and Zianagar in the area. Witnesses said some local criminals led by one Mirza beat and stabbed Badal to death at Kaliganj around 4:00am. Later, the same group beat Zakir, 25, ...