A local Jatiyatabadi Tati Dal leader was stabbed to death by miscreants in Khalishpur area of the city on early Sunday.

The deceased was identified as M Sona Mia, president of ward No 10 unit of Tati Dal and son of Jabbar Sardar of Nayabati area. He used to run a grocery shop in the area.

Local people said that a group of three miscreants, riding a motorcycle, swooped on him at his shop at about 12:05am and stabbed him indiscriminately.

Deputy commissioner of Khulna Metropolitan Police Sudarshan Kumar Roy said after being attacked, Sona Mia started running and took shelter in a nearby warehouse.

Local people found him lying unconscious there and took him to Khulna Medical College Hospital where he died.