A woman was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Hatbaria village in Khulna’s Botiaghata upazila early Monday.
The deceased was identified as Tilottoma Mandal Putul, daughter of late Mahendra Mandal of Bittishalua Bayardanga village of the upazila.
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Police said Putul went to visit her sister’s house in Hatbaria where some miscreants attacked Putul, her sister Deepika Mistry and her sister’s husband Prakash Mistry while they were asleep around 3am.
Putul was first stabbed on her face and hand. The miscreants then hacked two others and fled.
Later, they were rushed to Khulna Medical College Hospital where doctors declared Putul dead. The injured are undergoing treatment at the hospital in critical condition.
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Khulna Additional Superintendent of Police (C-Circle) Md Rashed Hasan said the reason behind the attack could not be known yet.
However, police detained two people for interrogation in this regard, said the ASP.
The body was kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy, he added.