Jamalpur: A hermaphrodite (called hijra in Bangla language) was stabbed to death in an attack by some miscreants at Batchar village in Islampur upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Haider Ali Koli, 40, of the village.
Quoting locals, police said 7-8 miscreants swooped on the house of Haider and stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him dead on the spot.
On information, police rushed in and sent the body to Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
Nizam Uddin, superintendent of police, Jamalpur, said Haider who was in leadership of the hermaphrodite community from Uttara to Moghbazar in the capital might have been killed over establishing supremacy in its jurisdiction.