Dhaka, May 14 -- A Chhatra Dal leader of Dhaka University has been "stabbed" to death while riding a motorbike through Suhrawardy Udyan near the campus.

A student of the university's Institute of Education and Research, the victim, Shahriar Alam Sammo, 25, was reportedly attacked late Tuesday night. He was a resident student from the 2018-19 session at the Sir AF Rahman Hall.

Shahriar was the literary and publications secretary of the BNP's student faction, according to his friends.

Shahbagh Police Station chief Khalid Mansur confirmed the incident and said an investigation is under way.

His friends rescued him in a bleeding state and took him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around midnight, where doctors declared him dead, D...