Garment worker Kartik stabbed to death by muggers while returning home in Gazipur's Gacha

A garment worker named Kartik, 27, has been killed in a stabbing by muggers in the Barabari area under Gacha Police Station in Gazipur city. The attack took place at around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday (October 27) as he was returning home after finishing work at his factory.

Kartik worked as a finishing operator at a garment factory named Fashion Maker International in the Kuniya (Targach) area of Gazipur.

Golam Rabbani, officer-in-charge of Gacha Police Station under Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP), confirmed the incident.

Rakib Khan, convener of Bangladesh Youth Revolution for the Gacha area, said he went to the scene after the incident. Kartik was walking back to his rented home from the Kuniya-Targach area at around 11:30 p.m. after finishing his shift at the factory.

Rakib Khan said that when Kartik reached a lane near Shahriar Garments, he was seriously wounded in a mugger's stabbing and collapsed on the road. He was quickly rescued and taken to Tayrunnessa Memorial Medical College Hospital, where the doctor on duty declared him dead.

Sub-Inspector (SI) Syed Sheikh Monir of Gacha Police Station said he went to the scene after receiving the news while on duty at night. Police recovered the body, which bore a stab wound on the left thigh.

SI Syed Sheikh Monir said the body was sent to Gazipur Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital for an autopsy. According to him, it is initially believed that Kartik died from the mugger's stabbing.

Police said the incident is being investigated.