Umpire kills cricket fan with bat
January 30th, 2012 - 9:03 pm ICT by Aishwarya BhattDhaka, Jan 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A cricket umpire has gone on hiding after killing a teenage cricket fan with a bat. The victim has been identified as 15-year-old Nazrul Islam.
Police say Nazrul ran onto the pitch to confront the umpire who had then taken a controversial decision. The umpire allegedly grabbed a bat from a player and struck the head of the boy. Witnesses say Nazrul did not seem to be injured after the incident.
However he suffered internal bleeding in the head when he went to sleep and died as a result of that the following day. The police have launched a hunt for the umpire. The police say the incident took place in the district of Kishoreganj.
The local police chief told reporters that, “The two argued over a not-out decision by the umpire. He accused the umpire of bias. At one stage, the umpire became angry, took a bat and hit the young boy on the head.”
Bangladesh is one of the cricket-craze countries in the world. The sport is the most popular in the country. In 2011, the country along with India and Sri Lanka hosted the cricket World Cup.
The umpire was not named in the report.
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