Two knifed dead in Sitakunda

Two friends were stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants early yesterday in Chattogram's Sitakunda upazila, after they had an altercation on Wednesday.

Police were yet to arrest anyone in this connection till filing of this report.

The deceased, Md Shahin (25) and his friend Jahid (27), were agricultural workers and residents of Sitakunda municipality area, said police.

"On Wednesday, Shahin and Jahid locked into an altercation with a group of youths who blew cigarette smoke at their faces. All of them then got into a scuffle," said Officer-in-Charge (OC) Firoj Hossen Molla of Sitakunda Police Station, quoting witnesses.

The killers called the two friends out from their home early yesterday and stabbed them indiscriminately, the OC said.

Locals and family members rushed the critically injured duo to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) where they succumbed to their injuries, he added.

Police were conducting drives in different spots to catch the killers, and a case was lodged in this connection. The bodies were sent to CMCH morgue for autopsy.