The stalker of a schoolgirl entered her home and fatally stabbed her on Saturday night in Dirai Municipality area of Sunamganj.

Family members alleged that the schoolgirl was attacked because she refused the man's advances.

Deceased Humayra Akhter Munni, 19, a Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee from Dirai Girls High School was a resident of Madani Mahalla area in Dirai Municipality area.

She was the only daughter of Hifzur Rahman, an Italy expatriate from Jagadal of the upazila. Munni lived in a rented house in the municipality town with her mother and younger brother.

Police and family members said Yahya Sardar, son of Jamal Miah of Sakitpur village in the upazila, had stabbed her.

They said Yahya entered her house around 8:00pm while she was studying. He fled after stabbing her.

Her family members rushed her to the local health complex. Hours later, she died in an ambulance while being taken to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.

Yahya is on the run, said Mostofa Kamal, officer-in-charge of Dirai Police Station.