Overview
- Hospital officials said Khokon Chandra Das, 50, died around 7:20 am Saturday while receiving treatment at the National Burn Institute in Dhaka.
- Das was attacked on December 31 near Keurbhanga Bazar in Damudya, where assailants stabbed him, doused him with petrol, set him on fire, and fled after locals responded.
- Doctors reported roughly 30% burns with severe injuries to his face and respiratory tract, along with multiple wounds including a serious abdominal injury.
- Damudya police identified two suspects, Rabbi and Sohag, and said efforts to arrest them are underway as investigators seek to determine others involved.
- Relatives said Das had no known disputes and recognized two attackers, and rights groups and media have linked the killing to a recent pattern of assaults on Bangladesh’s Hindu minority.