Barguna, June 27 -- A young man was hacked to death by miscreants in front of his wife in the district town on Wednesday morning.

The deceased was identified as Rifat Sharif, 22, son of Dulal Sharif of Maitha Labongola in Sadar upazila.

Witnesses said four miscreants, including Nayan and Rifat Farazi, swooped on Sharif at the main gate of Barguna College as soon as he dropped his wife there.

The attackers chopped the youth with sharp weapons, leaving him critically injured.

He was first taken to Sadar Hospital and then sent to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barishal where he succumbed to his injuries around 4pm.

The entire incident was captured in a surveillance camera. It was seen in the footage that the miscreants were h...