Trader stabbed to death in Lalmonirhat

A 38-year-old man returning home on a bike was stabbed to death by miscreants in the Batrish Hazari area of Lalmonirhat in the small hours of Thursday, police said.

The deceased was identified as Ayub Ali, a mobile phone trader and son of Abdul Matin of Hariswar area in Kaliganj upazila.

Golam Rasul, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Police Station, said some men tailed Ayub’s bike and blocked his way on a desolate road adjacent to Dhananjoy Kechu Bari at 1am.

“They tried to snatch a bag containing money from his possession. When Ayub resisted, the miscreants stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him dead on the spot,” the OC said.