A physician was stabbed to death by miscreants in the Bornali Mor area of Rajshahi city early Monday.
The deceased was Dr Golam Kazem Ali, dermatology specialist at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH). He hailed from Chapainawabganj district.
Boalia police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Suhrawardy said Dr Ali was returning home after seeing patients at his chamber in the Lakshmipur area in the city on Sunday night.
Around 11:45pm, when Dr Ali reached the Bornali Mor area, a group of miscreants stabbed him indiscriminately with sharp weapons, leaving him seriously injured.
Locals rescued him and took him to the emergency department of RMCH.
Later, he was transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) where he died while undergoing treatment around 1am, the OC said.
Efforts are on to arrest the attackers, the police official added.
