A man stabbed one of his nephew to death and another injured in the
capital's Kamrangirchar area on Sunday.
The deceased Tanin Hossain Sifat, 23, was a resident of Keraniganj's Jinjira area and a nephew of the accused Rakib Hossain, 30.
Meanwhile, the injured is Tamim Hossain, 24, who is receiving treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital with stab wounds in his throat.
According to the family members, the siblings were employed at their maternal uncle Ripon Mia's electric shop in the Nurbagh area of Kamrangirchar. At around 4pm on Sunday, when they came to Ripon's residence to take lunch, the discovered that Ripon's younger brother, Rakib Hossain, was physically assaulting their grandmother.
When he tried to resist him (Rakib) from assaulting her, Rakib attacked him with a sharp knife. At that time, Rakib also stabbed Tamim's younger brother Sifat indiscriminately as he tried to prevent the attack, said Tamim.
They both were taken to DMCH where the physicians declared Sifat dead around 6:15pm, said family members.
Meanwhile, the victim's uncle Ripon alleged that his brother Rakib is a drug addict and used to misbehave with the parents.
DMCH Police outpost assistant sub-inspector Md Masud confirmed the death matter and said that the body was kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy and legal actions will be taken in this regard.
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