A sanitary worker stabbed to death by unidentified assailants in the capital’s Jurain area today (13 November).
The victim, identified as Sumon Milan, 40, also known as Mintu, was attacked at around 7:30pm today in Nabarun Goli under Kadamtali Police Station.
He was taken to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), where doctors declared him dead at around 10:45pm.
Sub-Inspector Mithun Mondal of the police station confirmed the incident, saying police received information in the evening that an unidentified person had been stabbed and left injured in Nabarun Goli.
Police rushed to the scene and rescued the victim, who had sustained multiple injuries, including severed tendons in both legs. He was subsequently taken to DMCH, where doctors declared him dead, the officer said.
Mithun Mondal said the deceased was originally from Char Fatibahadurpur village under Kalkini upazila of Madaripur. His father was the late Abul Hossain Mridha.
Mintu had been living with his family in a rented house beside Mokampara Mosque in Hasnabad, South Keraniganj. He worked as a sanitary technician.
The sub-inspector said police had yet to identify those responsible for the killing and were investigating the incident.
The body has been kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy, he added.
