Staff Reporter :
A private university student was stabbed to death by muggers in broad day- light in the city’s Tikatuly on Sunday morning.
The victim has been identified as Abu Talha, 22, a second year student of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department of Daffodil International University (DIU). Son of Nuruddin, the deceased was a resident of KM Das Lane of Tikatuly, Police said. Quoting relatives of the deceased, Bachchu Miah, Sub-Inspector and In-Charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Police Camp said, “A gang of muggers waylaid Talha at KM Das Lane and tried to snatch away his mobile phone and file. When Talha attempted to resist them, the hoodlums stabbed him indiscriminately with sharp weapons around 7:10 am, leaving him injured critically.”
Talha was taken to DMCH where he succumbed to his injuries around 8:15 am, the SI said.
The deceased was going to his university, the police official said.
The body was handed over to the family members after post mortem at DMCH, he added.
