Youth stabbed to death in Khulna

A youth was stabbed to death by her neighbour outside his home in Bajua area of Khulna's Dacope upazila yesterday morning over "grazing the latter's cows" in the field of a local college.

Incensed at the attack, a mob of locals beat the attacker to death.

The dead are Nilotpal Roy, 27, and his attacker Imran Hossain Emon Sheikh, 19.

Shyamal Roy, principal of Bajua Surendranath Degree College, told The Daily Star that Nilotpal's father Sukumar Raptan, assistant librarian of the college, was given the responsibility to look after the educational institution as it was closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

On Monday afternoon, Emon's cows were grazing on the grass of a field of the college. Sukumar asked him to take his cattle away as they were dirtying the area. The two exchanged heated words.

Informed about the matter over the phone, the principal asked Sukumar to let Emon's father know about the incident.

Yesterday, Sukumar went to Emon's home around 8:30am to inform the latter's father about the matter.

Angered at this, Emon rushed to Nilotpal's home nearby, called him out and stabbed him with a knife, leaving him dead on the spot, said the principal.

Nilotpal, a Master's in physics from Khulna Government BL College, was looking for a job while his attacker Emon was an HSC examinee from Bajua Surendranath Degree College.

Saifuddin Ahmed, on-duty doctor of Dacope upazila health complex, said Emon was brought dead to the health complex around 11:00am. He said there were stab wounds to Nilotpal's abdomen.

Dacope OC Shafiqul Islam Chowdhury said the two bodies were sent to the morgue of Khulna Medical College for autopsies.