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Published : 06 Jan 2026, 12:38 PM
Barely has the shock over the killings of garment worker Dipu Chandra Das in Mymensingh and trader Khokon Chandra Das in Shariatpur subsided when another member of the Hindu community has been murdered in Narsingdi.
The latest victim, grocery trader Moni Chakraborty, was attacked and killed at Charsindhur Bazar in Palash Upazila around 11pm on Monday.
Palash Police Station chief (OC) Shahed Al Mamun said Moni was the son of Madan Thakur of Sadharchar Union in Shibpur Upazila.
The 40-year-old had been running a grocery shop at Charsindhur Bazar for a long time.
He is the third Hindu businessman to be killed in recent weeks.
Police and local residents said Moni was returning home after closing his shop on Monday night when unidentified attackers struck him with a sharp, locally-made weapon. He collapsed on the spot.
Locals rushed him to the Palash Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared him dead.
OC Shahed said police visited the scene immediately after receiving the information and have launched an investigation to identify and arrest those responsible.
The body was sent to the Narsingdi Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.
The killing comes amid nationwide outrage over two earlier incidents.
On the night of Dec 18, 28-year-old Dipu Chandra Das, a worker at Pioneer Knitwears BD Limited, was beaten to death in the Jamirdia area of Bhaluka in Mymensingh over blasphemy allegations. His body was later tied to a tree and set on fire.
Dipu, the son of Ravi Chandra Das of Mokamia Kanda village in Tarakanda Upazila, had been working at the factory for two years.
Less than two weeks later, on Dec 31, businessman Khokon Chandra Das was stabbed, doused with petrol and set on fire in Damudya Upazila of Shariatpur.
He died three days later at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery around 8am on Saturday.
The killings of Dipu and Khokon triggered widespread public anger and debate.
Amid that discussion, news of Moni’s murder has further intensified concern.
