UNB, Dhaka

Three members of a family were allegedly stabbed by their rivals over the payment of debt money in Dhaka’s Banani early yesterday.

The victims were Sumon Mia, 45, his wife Sonia, 38, and Sonia’s brother Rasel, 40.

Quoting locals, relatives of the injured and police sources, Banani Police Station Sub-Inspector Jane Alam said Sumon had arranged to meet a man named Arif near Mohakhali Wireless Sishu Mela School around 4:30am.

Sumon, a resident of Mohakhali T&T Colony, went there with his wife and brother-in-law Rasel, while Arif arrived with seven to eight others, he said.

An altercation ensued between Arif and Sumon over the payment of debt money, the SI said, adding that at one stage, they allegedly beat Sumon, Sonia and Rasel and stabbed them indiscriminately.

Hearing their screams, locals rushed to the scene and took them to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Police are trying to arrest the attackers, the SI added.