Mohammad Shafiqul Alom charged with murder

Date published: 06 November 2016


Mohammad Shafiqul Alom (16/12/1981), of Kellett street, Rochdale, has been charged with murder, a section 18 assault and possession of a controlled substance, after Akbar Masood was stabbed to death.

He is due to appear at Manchester City Magistrates Court on Monday 7 November 2016.

Just before 4am on Friday 4 November 2016, police attended Kellett Street, Rochdale to reports that a man had been stabbed.

Officers in attendance found 22-year-old Akbar with stab wounds to his abdomen and began CPR.

He was taken to hospital where he died a short time later.

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