A youth was stabbed to death in Khulshi area of the city on Sunday night.
The deceased was identified as Mohammad Nahid, 21. He worked at a rickshaw garage.
Locals said he was killed over an altercation but could not give details.
Mohammad Jahangir, sub-inspector of Khulshi Police Station, said Nahid was stabbed with a screwdriver.
The SI said the young man might have been killed over previous enmity and added that details of the incident could not be known yet.