The deceased was identified as Ahmed Bulbul, was a dentist.

Confirming the news, Mahtab Uddin, deputy commissioner of Mirpur Division of police, said he used to practice at his Moghbazar chamber in the capital. 

The muggers stabbed him at Shewrapara around 5:00am and later he was rushed to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead, the police official said.

The body was sent to the hospital morgue for autopsy, he added