A CNG autorickshaw driver named Rafsan Hossain Hridoy, aged 24, was stabbed to death on Wednesday night in Dhorokra Bazar area of Chiura Union under Chauddagram upazila in Cumilla. The incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. when a dispute broke out following a motorcycle collision. Witnesses said that after the altercation, several men arrived on motorcycles and attacked locals, during which Hridoy was stabbed by one of the assailants. He was taken to a local clinic and later to Chauddagram Health Complex, where doctors declared him dead.

Family members said Hridoy was a CNG driver and alleged that drug dealers and members of a teenage gang were behind the killing. They recalled that his father, Hedayet Ullah Hedu, had also been murdered in a stabbing incident in 2006. Police confirmed the death and said investigations were underway to determine the motive and identify whether the suspects were involved in drug trade or gang activity.

Authorities have launched a manhunt to arrest the accused as the community demands justice for the killing.