Bangladesh, July 16 -- Unidentified attackers have stabbed and hacked to death Jahidul Alam Jahangir, suspended president of Mithamoin Upazila BNP, in Kishoreganj.

The attack occurred outside his home in the Upazila headquarters' Beribandh around 9pm on Wednesday.

He died around midnight from excessive bleeding, said Anand Basak, a physician at the emergency department of Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College Hospital.

Mithamoin Police chief Monowar Hossain said local residents detained two people suspected of involvement in the killing and handed them over to police.

Police and locals said Jahangir was returning home from Mithamoin Bazar with political associate Hadis Mia when three or four attackers lying in wait ambushed him j...