An RMG worker was stabbed to death by a group of muggers in the early hours yesterday in the capital’s Sayedabad area.
Nurul Alam, 24, was waiting for a bus on the road when three muggers stabbed him in his chest and abdomen before snatching away Tk1,600 from his possession, said Mahbub Alam, sub-inspector of Jatrabari police station.
Nurul died on the spot, while the police later recovered his body from in front of the Orion Group office near Jonopod intersection of Sayedabad. His body was later sent to Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
Abani Sankar Kar, officer-in-charge of Jatrabari police station, said two muggers – with knives in their possession – were arrested soon after the incident. During initial questioning, the suspects – Alamgir and Babu – admitted of being involved with the killing of Nurul, the OC added.
The police were now looking for another mugger who was also present at the time of the murder, but had since managed to evade arrest.
Jatrabari SI Mahbub said Nurul hailed from Chittagong’s Fatikchhari area and worked at a garment factory of the Partex Group in Gazipur.
Nurul’s elder brother, Mamunul Islam, later collected his brother’s body from the hospital. He told the Dhaka Tribune that Nurul got married only two years ago.