Bangladesh man beheaded at fortune teller's bidding

A Bangladeshi man was beheaded by labourers who burnt his head in a kiln in the belief this would redden their bricks, police said.

Four suspects were arrested for murdering the 26-year-old bricklayer in a remote town in northern Bangladesh on the instructions of the brick-field's owners, said Golam Sarwar Bhuiyan, a local police chief.

"They said the owners were unhappy as the brick-field was not producing reddish bricks despite enough heating. A fortune teller then suggested the brick-field needed a human sacrifice," he said.

Police were searching for the owners and the fortune teller, he added.