Assam: Man shoots at younger brother over family dispute, arrested

In a sensational incident, a man shot at his younger brother in a fit of rage after an argument broke out between the two owing to a family dispute.

The incident took place on Saturday, January 14 evening night at Kalakhal (12 number, Ganganagar) village of East Dhalai under Kachudaram police station area of Cachar. 

Following the incident, a team of Kochudaram police went to Kamal Uddin’s house and arrested him on the complaint of his another younger brother Hasim Uddin Majumder.

Hasim Uddin Majumdar while speaking to the media about the incident said that on Saturday evening, after returning home from Amaraghat market, he went out of the house to relieve himself owing to nature’s call and suddenly heard a loud noise and returned to see his elder brother Kamal standing with a gun and while his younger escaped unhurt. Then he entered the house in fear and closed the door and hid.

Meanwhile, Kamal Uddin’s neighbours Wab Uddin Majumder, Tajim Uddin Majumder, Rachna Begum Majumder and others said that they heard a loud sound and immediately came out to see the commotion.

Hasim Uddin Majumder filed a statement at the Kachudaram police station accusing his elder brother Kamal Uddin Majumder (50) of shooting at his younger brother. Meanwhile, based on the statement, the Kachudaram police arrested Kamal Uddin Majumdar and took him to the police station for questioning.

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