Dinajpur, Oct. 25 -- An assistant teacher of a government primary school was beaten to death allegedly by a group of people on Sunday afternoon he intervened in a dispute among neighbours over land in Chirirbandar upazila of Dinajpur.

The deceased was identified as Monoranjan Roy, assistant teacher of East Sukhdebpur Governemnt Primary School in Chirirbandar upazila and son of Ashim Chandra Roy of Sonapukur Majhipara in the upazila.

Anwar Hossain, Additional Superintendent of Dinajpur Police, said an altercation ensued between Roman and his neighbour Asaduzzaman and his supporters over a disputed land at Naya Mollapara village in the upazila around 2 pm.

At one stage, Monoranjan appeared there and tried to quell the situation.

Later, ...