Two sweepers were found dead with stab injuries at West Khabashpur Miapara Road in Faridpur district town early today.

The deceased are municipality sweepers, Manik Jamaddar, 28, and his brother-in-law Bharat Jamaddar, 23, residents of Harijan Polli in Alipur area.

Miscreants stabbed them to death while doing cleaning work on the road early in the morning, said Enayet Hossain, sub-inspector of Kotwali Police Station.

Locals spotted the bodies lying on the road while going to offer their Fazr prayers and informed police.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to Faridpur Medical College Hospital morgue.

They both had several injury marks on the faces and heads, said SI.

Some miscreants were threatening Manik asking not to clean the roads at midnight. They might have committed the murders, police said quoting Kishore Jamaddar, father of Manik.