A 33-year-old man, who was travelling on a Chandpur-bound launch, was stabbed to death allegedly by another passenger following a brawl over getting a seat at Chandpur launch ghat here early Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Sumon Gazi, son of Yusuf Ali Gazi of Sadar upazila of Chandpur district.
Mohammad Qamruzzaman, superintendent of Chandpur River Police, said Sumon had an altercation with Babul Ahmed, 22 over getting a seat at Chandpur-bound launch ‘MV-Sonar Tori-3’ around 11 pm.
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Both of them boarded the launch from Sadarghat launch terminal to go to Chandpur.
When the launch reached at Chandpur launch ghat at 11:15 pm, Babu along with 8-9 people attacked Sumon and stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him injured.
Later, Sumon was taken to Chandpur General Hospital where he was given first aid. He was taken to his home later where he succumbed to his injuries around 5:30 am.
Police arrested eight people in this connection.