Driver stabbed to death by muggers in Tongi

A private car driver was stabbed to death, allegedly by a gang of muggers, in Gazipur's Tongi area last night.

The victim was identified as Jahidul Islam, 35, who used to drive the car of a garment factory in the district.

The murder happened around 11:30pm on Monday when Jahid was heading towards the factory in Gazipur after dropping an official in Dhaka's Mirpur area, victim's brother Saiful Islam said.

As Jahid stopped the car near Millgate area in Tongi to relieve himself, a group of four to five miscreants intercepted and tried to mug him. As he protested, they stabbed him in the head, chest and other parts of the body, he said quoting witnesses.

A patrol team of police was near the site of the crime but could not intervene in time as they were in a car and there was a road divider. Getting down from their vehicle, they chased the muggers but the miscreants fled in a three-wheeler, said Shah Alam, officer-in-charge of Tongi Paschim Police Station.

Police later took Jahid to Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master General Hospital where doctors declared him dead.

Saiful filed a case with Tongi Paschim Police Station accusing four unnamed persons.

Talking to The Daily Star, Saiful said, "They killed my brother without any reason. We demand arrest of the killers immediately."

Police said they are trying to arrest the killers.