Night watchman stabbed to death, 5 injured in Teknaf

A night watchman has been stabbed to death in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf following an argument. Five others have been injured in the incident.

The incident occurred in the Notun Pallan Para area of Teknaf Sadar Union around 9pm on Wednesday, according to Md Saiful Islam, chief of Teknaf Model Police Station.

Nazir Hossain, 47, was a local resident and had worked as a night watchman for the Station Bazar Committee in Teknaf for a long time.

The injured have been identified as Md Salam, Jahangir Alam, Nabi Hossain, Khorshed Alam, and Alamgir. Some of them received treatment at the hospital.

Police said, citing locals, that an argument at a store escalated into an attack with weapons, blades, and knives. Nazir was stabbed in the right side of his chest during the altercation. He was taken to Teknaf Upazila Health Complex in critical condition. The doctor on duty there declared him dead.

The deceased’s wife Amena said that an armed group led by an individual named Arif conducted the attack. She called for her husband’s killers to be arrested and brought to justice.

Syed Muhammad Shaheed, an emergency room doctor at Teknaf Upazila Health Complex, said Nazir was dead before he arrived in hospital. There was a stabbing injury in the right side of his chest.

Police official Saiful said that an initial report was prepared on the body before it was sent to the morgue at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital. An operation is under way to arrest the perpetrators.