Trader stabbed to death
A man was stabbed to death at Shyambazar in Sutrapur of Old Dhaka early yesterday by two unidentified assailants.
The deceased, Shah Alam Sheikh, 40, was a wholesaler of vegetables at Shyambazar.
Mohammad Nazrul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sutrapur Police Station, said they have detained Sumon, 20, Alam's employee and lone witness of the incident for further interrogation.
Quoting Sumon, the OC said Alam was walking towards a truck parked around fifty yards from his shop at about 3:35am, to pay for the fresh supply of vegetables he had received. On the way, two unidentified men beckoned him to the bank of Buriganga.
As Alam stepped down the bank Sumon heard him screaming. He rushed to the spot only to find Alam groaning with stab injuries to his abdomen. The two goons were seen fleeing on a boat sailing towards Keraniganj on the other side of the river.
Terrified, Sumon shouted for help which brought a number of locals to the spot. They rushed Alam to the National Hospital in Old Dhaka but he succumbed to his injuries on the way, said Nazrul.
OC Nazrul said Alam had two business partners who had gone to Kushtia to buy vegetables.
Police have not ascertained the motive behind the killing yet but will interrogate the two partners to unravel the mystery.
Alam's wife Mina Begum filed a murder case yesterday.
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