<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">A 16-year old boy in Chandpur sadar upazila was stabbed to death on Monday night allegedly by his friend following an argument over Argentina’s match against Mexico in Qatar World Cup.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The deceased was identified as Mehedi Hasan, a student of class X and son of Helal Bepari from South Nanupur village.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The incident occurred around 7 pm in front of Amin Beprai’s house in the village, said police.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mehedi was declared dead when he was taken to Chandpur Government General Hospital.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“He had three stabbing injuries on his chest," said duty doctor Omar Faruq.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With the help of locals, police detained accused Barkat, 20, and seized the knife he used for stabbing, said A Rashid, Officer-in-Charge of sadar model police station.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mehedi’s father Helal said Barkat had beaten his son over a heated argument while watching the World Cup match on Sunday night.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“ Barkat called Mehedi from home today and severely stabbed him,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Additional Superintendent of police (finance and crime) Sudipto Roy said according to locals they were friend and neighbours.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">“They had a fight over personal issues and the accused has confessed to stabbing Mehedi in primary questioning. More information can be known after investigation,” he said. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>