Trader stabbed to death

Staff Correspondent
A trader was stabbed to death at Chalkbazar in the old part of the capital yesterday. The deceased, Mohammad Moazzem, 30, was a scrap metal trader and a resident of Islambagh Baganbari area in Chalkbazar. Police said a group of three to four local miscreants, over establishing supremacy in the area, stabbed Moazzem near his home around 11:30pm. Moazzem was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead. Police, however, arrested a person named Masum in this connection.