A 35-year-old CNG garage worker was hacked to death allegedly over previous enmity in the capital’s Gendaria early today.

The victim, Ariful Islam Babu, was attacked around 5:30am near the Doyaganj rail line, said police.

Family members alleged that a group of 4-5 local youths, including Robin, Shahin, Masud, and Kader, attacked Babu with sharp weapons and fled the scene with his mobile phone.

He was rushed to a local clinic and later to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), where doc tors declared him dead around 8:00am.

Babu, originally from Baluarchar village in Shariatpur’s Jajira upazila, was living in a rented house in Mirhajirbagh’s Mollahpara area.

Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the DMCH police outpost, said the body bore injuries to the head and both hands. It has been sent to the hospital morgue for autopsy.

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