Overview
- Rana Pratap Bairagi, a 38-year-old factory owner and acting editor of Dainik BD Khabar, was shot in the head and had his throat slit in Jashore’s Monirampur on Monday evening, police said.
- In Narsingdi, grocery shop owner Sarat Chakraborty Mani was attacked with sharp weapons late Monday and died while being taken for treatment, marking a second killing within 24 hours.
- Investigators recovered seven bullet casings in the Bairagi case and sent the body for autopsy, with officers reviewing CCTV and pursuing leads to identify the assailants.
- Police said Bairagi may have been targeted in an internal feud linked to the banned Purbo Banglar Communist Party, though the motive remains unconfirmed.
- Separately, Rapid Action Battalion officers arrested three suspects over the December 31 attack on Khokon Chandra Das in Shariatpur, who died days later from stab and burn injuries.