A 41-year-old man was stabbed to death following an altercation in Siddhirganj of Narayanganj on Sunday morning.
The deceased, Rony, was a private car driver and the son of Ali Hossain of Painadi-Mizmizi area in Siddhirganj. Police have detained a man named Al-Amin in connection with the killing.
The incident occurred in front of Mizmizi Tera Market at around 6 am.
According to locals, Rony was stabbed repeatedly by Al-Amin, who then fled the scene. Rony sustained 20 to 22 stab wounds to different parts of his body and died on the spot from excessive blood loss.
Locals detained Al-Amin and subsequently handed him over to police.
Additional Superintendent of Police Tareq Al Mehedi said that Al-Amin stabbed Rony following a trivial altercation. Rony sustained 15 to 20 stab wounds, and Al-Amin had been detained. Legal action would be taken against him, he said.
Explaining the circumstances behind the killing, the police official said the two had no previous dispute.
Al-Amin works as a cement slab maker. A few days ago, a woman accidentally damaged a slab by stepping on it while he was making it. Angered by the incident, Al-Amin had been searching for the woman.
He spotted her yesterday morning and got into an argument with her. When Rony, a relative of the woman, intervened, an altercation broke out between the two men. Al-Amin then repeatedly stabbed Rony with a sharp knife, leaving him dead, the police official said.