Man stabbed dead by muggers in city

A man was stabbed to death by muggers at Siddikbazar in the capital’s Bangshal area this morning.

A gang of muggers intercepted Shaheed Hossain Shaheen, 35, an employee of a clothes store, around 7:00am while he was on way to workplace, said Imdad, a sub-inspector of Bangshal Police Station.

Shaheen was a resident of Gopimohon Basak Lane area of Wari in Dhaka.

At one stage, the muggers stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him critically injured.

Later he was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.