A college teacher was found seriously injured near his house in Jamtoil College Para area under Kamarkhand upazila in Sirajganj on Friday morning.
The victim, Shafiqul Islam, 58, is an assistant professor in the Department of History at Choubari Dr Salam Jahanara Degree College.
According to the locals, Shafiqul Islam went to the pond behind his house to dump garbage on Friday morning. At that time, some unidentified miscreants cut his throat and left him seriously injured.
Family members took him to Sirajganj Shaheed M Mansur Ali Medical College Hospital in critical condition. Later, he was transferred to Dhaka for better treatment at noon.
On information, police visited the spot and recovered a blood-stained knife, said Md Rezaul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kamarkhand Police Station.
No complaint is yet to be lodged over the incident, said the OC, adding that the details will be known after the investigation.