A woman was stabbed to death allegedly by miscreants in Dhaka’s Dakshinkhan area of Uttara over dominance in the drug trade.
The deceased was identified as Chani Akter, 30.
The incident took place around 8:30pm on Saturday near the rail crossing adjacent to Sector 8 in Uttara. Police recovered the body and sent it to a hospital for an autopsy.
Md Foym Uddin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dakshinkhan Police Station, confirmed the incident.
Police said the victim was also involved in drug trafficking.
According to police sources, the killing was carried out by eight to 10 miscreants over a dispute related to establishing supremacy in the drug trade.
