A horrific murder incident took place at Salkathoni Tea Estate in Assam’s Sonari where a man was stabbed to death by a sharp weapon in the middle of Saturday midnight.

According to sources, the incident took place near Kharia line where the deceased identified as Bijoy Tantubai was stabbed to death.

Bijoy was sleeping at his residence when a miscreant opened the door of his house and entered his daughter’s room. When his daughter suspected that someone has entered her room, she screamed to call her father. Bijoy came out of his room to nab the miscreant, however, the miscreant fled the scene after stabbing him with a sharp weapon.

Following the incident, Bijoy was rushed to Sapekhati Block Primary Health Centre, however, he was referred to Dibrugarh for further treatment.

He was declared death while he was on his way to Dibrugarh.

Meanwhile, the absconding miscreant is yet to be identified and the police have launched a search operation to nab the accused.

During the first week of December, a mentally challenged youth was stabbed to death by a screwdriver at Rukni Tea Estate in Cachar district.

The deceased, identified as Nirmal Nath, was standing in front of a tea shop owned by Biswajit Kalindi when he was asked to leave. Due to this reason they got involved in a fight and enraged Kalindi stabbed Nath from behind.

Police had arrested the accused in connection to the incident.