For all latest news, follow The Financial Express Google News channel.
Two people were stabbed to death in separate places in the capital on Sunday night.
The deceased were identified as Md Rifat, 22, of Benarashi Palli area of Mirpur-11, and Md Rocky, 32, of Isak Member Lane of Matbor Bazar, Kamrangirchar, as per a UNB report.
Shahin, father of Rifat, said his son was a student of Jannat Academy in Mirpur-12 and appeared for the SSC examinations last year.
Around 10:50 pm on Sunday, Rifat was stabbed during an altercation with his friend Asif over a dispute involving Asif’s girlfriend in Mirpur-11 area, he said.
Rifat was initially taken to Islami Bank Hospital by his friends and later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 11:10 pm.
He succumbed to his injuries at 11:45 pm while undergoing treatment at the emergency unit, said Inspector Faruque, in-charge of DMCH police outpost.
In another incident, Rocky was brought to DMCH by a man named Rubel with stab injuries, he said.
Quoting Rubel, police said Rocky had an argument with a rickshaw puller in the morning over payment at Matbor Bazar.
Later at around 12:15 am, one Palash, along with an unidentified associate, attacked him with sharp weapons, leaving him critically injured in his left arm and back.
Rocky was declared dead at 12:50 am at DMCH.