Other MoA event in Shariatpur, Kaneshwar Union of Damudya Sub-District area, Bangladesh on Wed 31st December 2025

On December 31, a Hindu businessman identified as Khokon Chandra Das (50) was stabbed, doused with petrol and set on fire by miscreants in Keurbhanga Bazar in Kaneshwar Union of Damudya Upazila (Sub-District) in Shariatpur District while returning home from his shop at night, reports Prothom Alo. According to reports, Khokon Chandra Das, son of Paresh Chandra Das, a resident of Tilai village in Ward No. 3 of Koneshwar Union, runs a medicine and mobile banking business in Keurbhanga Bazar. Das was returning home in a CNG-powered autorickshaw after closing his shop with the money from the day's sales. Miscreants stopped the autorickshaw near Keurbhanga Bazar on the Damudya-Shariatpur road and beat Das up. At one stage, he was hacked and injured. Then, petrol was poured on his head and set on fire. The names of two of the attackers have been identified. They are local Rabbi and Sohag.