Overview
- Fuel-station worker Ripon Saha, 30, was run over at Karim Filling Station in Rajbari after a black SUV allegedly tried to leave without paying about Tk 5,000 for fuel.
- Police seized the SUV and arrested its owner, Abul Hashem, 55, a former Rajbari BNP treasurer and ex-Jubo Dal district president, along with driver Kamal Hossain, 43.
- Officers cited CCTV footage showing Saha and Hashem beside the vehicle before it attempted to leave; authorities said they will file a murder case and sent the body for post-mortem.
- In Gazipur, sweetshop owner Liton Chandra Ghosh, 55, was fatally struck with a shovel after intervening to protect a 17-year-old employee during a dispute; three suspects from one family were detained.
- Civil-society groups including BHBCUC and RRAG report dozens of communal incidents since December, warning of intimidation of minority voters ahead of the polls, as India notes concern over the escalating attacks.