A woman named Sufia Khatun was fatally stabbed during a violent altercation between narcotics sellers and users near Rail Gate No. 8, adjacent to Zainal Market in Dakshinkhan, Dhaka, late Saturday night.
According to police reports, a heated argument erupted among a group of familiar acquaintances involved in drug peddling and consumption. As the dispute escalated into physical violence, Sufia Khatun suffered severe knife wounds. Local residents rescued her from the scene and rushed her to Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital, where attending physicians declared her dead on arrival.
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