A police informer was hacked to death in the capital’s West Rajabazar area while six others were killed in different incidents across the city on Monday.
The victim police informer was Mohammad Nasim, 30, who used to drive the vehicle of plain-clothes police of Sher-e-Banglanagar police station.
Abdul Momin, officer-in-charge of the police station, told the Dhaka Tribune Nasim joined the work three months ago.
He helped police arrest several muggers in the area, added the police official.
A gang of local terrorists numbering 10-15 swooped on the second floor of the house No. 57/2 West Rajabazar and attacked Nasim with sharp weapons.
The gangsters stabbed Nasim indiscriminately in different parts of his body.
Critically injured Nasim was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), but he succumbed to his injuries.
In another incident, Sadeq Ali, 45, fell from the fourth floor of an under-construction building after being electrocuted at Gate No. 4G in North Kajla of Jatrabari area.
The victim hailed from Kishoreganj district,
Besides, police recovered the body of a young man from a pond of Matuail area of Jatrabari around 5pm and sent it to Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
A housewife Ayesha Akter, 22, wife of Farid Hossain, of House 26 and Road 2 in Sonirakhra allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from ceiling fan centring family feud.
Ayesha’s husband Farid rushed her to DMCH in critical condition at around 11:45am where the on-duty doctors declared her dead.
Soon after Ayesha’s death, Farid fled the hospital, said Mozammel Haque, inspector of DMCH police outpost.
Mohamamd Dulal, 25, fell from an under-construction building of Robi Builders of 6/2/1/2 on Navana Road in Kalyanpur of Mirpur area.
Mizanur Rahman, sub-inspector of Mirpur police station, said the body was sent to DMCH morgue and an unnatural death case was filed with the police station.
Mohammad Mamun, 27, died after falling from the 7th floor of a garment factory established near Gate No. 1 of BGB headquarters in Pilkhana.
Besides, Mohammad Iddris, 14, a waiter of a secretariat road hotel, was electrocuted.
The victim hailed from Nurpur village of Lakhali of Habiganj district.
