A private car driver was stabbed to death by two men in the Kansgari area of Bogura district on Wednesday night, police said on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Khairul Islam Sumon, 28, son of Abdul Khalek of Rangpur district.
Selim Reza, officer-in-charge of Bogura Sadar Police Station, said that Sumon was waiting in front of a diagnostic centre on Sherpur Road after parking his vehicle around 10:30pm.
"Suddenly two persons appeared from nowhere and picked up a verbal altercation with him. The altercation soon turned violent and the duo stabbed Sumon several times, leaving him seriously injured," he said, reports UNB.
Sumon was rushed to Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Police suspect he was killed over drug peddling. "Investigation is underway," the OC said.