A youth was stabbed to death by miscreants in front of his house in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram district on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as Anwarul Azim, 33, a resident of Dharmapur union parishad (UP) under the upazila. He used to live with his family in the port city Chattogram but visit home sometimes.
Morshedul Alam, member of the UP, said Azim went out of his house for Esha prayer on Thursday night and didn’t come back after a long time.
Later, the family members found the bloodstained body of Azim in front of the gate of their house when they were searching for him, he said.
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He was rushed to a local hospital where physicians pronounced him dead on arrival, the UP member continued.
Kazi Ibne Anowar Masud, Officer-in-charge (OC) of Fatikchhari Police Station, said on information they recovered the body from the hospital and sent it to Chattogram Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Filing a case related to the incident is underway, added the OC.