A youth was stabbed to death allegedly by his father due to a family dispute in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh on Saturday night.
The dead was identified as Rahabul Islam Russel, 20, son of Jewel Rana. They used to live in a rented house at Jhaufar in Dhaka's Hazaribagh, hailed from Rangpur district.
It was known that critically injured, Russel was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) by locals where doctors declared him dead around 11:30 pm.
DMCH police outpost in-charge Md Faruk said the body has been kept at the hospital morgue and the local police station has been informed.
Quoting family members, Russel’s maternal uncle Humayun said both father and son used to work at separate hotels.
The family often experienced disputes over various issues, including plans to go abroad.
Russel’s mother and aunt are expatriates in Jordan. He was the second of three brothers and lived with his father, Jewel Rana.
According to Humayun, both Russel and his father had plans to go abroad.
Russel recently received his passport. Disagreements frequently broke out between his parents over who would go abroad first and who his mother would sponsor—tensions that may have sparked the fatal altercation.
During the argument on Saturday night, Jewel allegedly stabbed Russel in the chest in a fit of rage.
Locals first took Russel to a nearby private hospital, from where he was referred to DMCH.
Family members who followed him there found him dead upon arrival.
