A microbus driver named Mahbub Alam was stabbed to death early Sunday in the Kolabagan area of Hathazari municipality, Chattogram. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. when three to four assailants engaged in an altercation with him and then attacked him with a knife. Locals rushed to rescue Mahbub, but he died on the way to Chattogram Medical College Hospital. Police from Hathazari Model Station visited the scene, prepared an inquest report, and sent the body to the hospital morgue.

Following the news of the killing, members of the microbus drivers’ association and local residents blocked the Chattogram-Rangamati highway at Kolatal for about 20 minutes. They demanded the immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of those responsible. Police later arrived at the spot and restored normal traffic movement.

Hathazari Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Zahidur Rahman confirmed the incident and said police were working to bring the perpetrators to justice.