Dhaka transgender leader killed in Jamalpur

A transgender man (called hijra in Bangla language) was stabbed to death in an attack by some miscreants at Batchar village in Islampur upazila under Jamalpur early Thursday.

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, according to a news agency.

Nizam Uddin, superintendent of police, Jamalpur, said Haider was leader of the transgender community from Uttara to Moghbazar in capital Dhaka and killed possibly over establishing supremacy in the area.