Two people were stabbed to death in separate places in the capital on Sunday night.
The deceased were identified as Md Rifat, 22, son of Shahin from the Benarashi Palli area of Mirpur-11, and Md Rocky, 32, son of Aman from Isak Member Lane of Matbor Bazar, Kamrangirchar.
Shahin, the father of Rifat, said his son was a student at Jannat Academy in Mirpur-12 and had appeared for the SSC examinations last year.
Around 10:50pm on Sunday, Rifat was stabbed during an altercation with his friend Asif over a dispute involving Asif’s girlfriend in the 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 11:10pm.
He succumbed to his injuries at 11:45pm while undergoing treatment at the emergency unit, said Inspector Faruque, in charge of the 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, around 12:15am, 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 12:50am at DMCH.
