BSS, Chittagong :
Two people were killed and three others injured in separate incidents in the city early yesterday.
The deceased were identified as Khokon, 23, a rickshaw puller and resident of Abbaspara area under Halishahar thana and Nurul Islam, 47, hailed from Bakalia thana in the city.
Rickshaw puller Khokon was stabbed to death by miscreants in Chowdhurypara area under Halishahar thana in the city early Saturday.
Police said a gang of muggers intercepted Khokon’s auto-rickshaw in the area at 5 am and tried to snatch it.
At one stage, the muggers stabbed Khokon indiscriminately as he tried to resist them, leaving him critically injured.
Hearing Khokon screaming, locals caught two of the muggers-Mitu and Sagor-and gave a good beating.
Later, Khokon died on way to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH). Being informed, police recovered the body and sent it to hospital morgue for an autopsy.
The arrestees were handed over to police. A case was filed in this connection.
Four persons including Nurul Islam, were injured after being hit by a mad ox in Wazir Para area under Bakalia thana in the city in the early hours of today.
Locals took them to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, but the attending doctors declared Islam dead.
The injured are undergoing treatment at the hospital, hospital sources said.
