A man was stabbed to death by assailants on the capital’s Rampura Bridge yesterday (October 29).

The deceased was identified as Md Hasan, 22, son of Malek Mia of Matibhanga village in Bhandaria upazila of Barisal.

Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the police post at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said that around 11.15pm, Hasan was taken to the hospital where the doctor on duty declared him brought dead.

The uncle of the deceased, Amir Hossain, said: “My nephew was a Leguna driver by profession. On his way home at night, he was stopped by robbers at the Rampura bridge. When he refused to give his money and mobile phone to the robbers stabbed him. I cut his stomach with a knife and he escaped.”

Inspector Faruk said the body was kept in the hospital mortuary and the matter was reported to the police station concerned.