A sanitary mechanic was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in the capital's Kadamtali area on Friday evening.
The attack occurred around 7:30pm at Nabarun Goli in Jurain.
The deceased was identified as 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.
Sub-Inspector Mithun Mondal of Kadamtali Police Station, said police recovered the body and brought it to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) emergency department around 10:45pm.
The body has been kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy. Police are working to identify the perpetrators and determine the motive behind the murder, SI Mithun added.