Grocery owner stabbed dead in Narsingdi

 
NARSINGDI, Jan 6: A grocery owner was stabbed to death by some unidentified assailants in Palash upazila of Narsingdi on Monday night.

The deceased was identified as Moni Chakraborty, 40, a resident of Sultanpur village in Char Sindur Union and son of late Madan Thakur of nighboring Shibpur Upazila's Sadharchar Union.

He had been running a grocery shop in Char Sindur market for several years. Police and locals said when Moni was returning home on his motorbike the attackers stabbed him near his house with a sharp weapon around 9 pm, leaving him injured. Locals rushed him to Palash Upazila Health Complex where a doctor declared him dead.

Moni's brother Rony Chakraborty, said, "We left the shop together. On the way, my brother came under attack. He had no enemies and was a good person. We demand exemplary punishment for the perpetrators." Officer-in-Charge of Palash Police Station Shahed Al Mamun said police visited the scene.