Sanitary worker stabbed to death in Dhaka

A sanitary mechanic was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in the capital's Kadamtali area on Friday evening.

The incident occurred around 7:30pm at Nabarun Goli in Jurain.

The deceased was Suman Milon alias Mintu, 40, son of late Abul Hossain Mridha of Char Fatibahadur village in Kalkini upazila of Madaripur district.

He was residing in a rented house at Hasnabad in South Keraniganj.

Miscreants stabbed Mintu repeatedly and severed the tendons of both his legs before fleeing the scene, leaving him dead on the spot, police said.

Kadamtali Police Station Sub-Inspector Mithun Mondal said the body was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue for an autopsy. 

Police are working to identify the perpetrators and determine the motive behind the murder, he added.