Lakshmipur: A Bangladesh Nationalist Party local activist was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Balaishpur in sadar upazila early Saturday.

The deceased was Sohel Rana, an activist of Parbatinagar union unit BNP and son of late Rafiqul Islam of Madhya Makardas in the upazila.

Quoting local people, police said locals spotted the body of Sohel, an accused in a murder case, on the road in the area and informed police.

Police recovered the body and sent it to Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.

Family members of the deceased said Sohel went out of the house in the night after dinner and had not returned since.

Lamshmipur police officer in-charge Iqbal Hossain said the motive behind the killing could not be known immediately.