List of unresolved murder cases in Bangladesh

This is a list of unresolved murder cases of Bangladesh .

1970s

• On 20 December 1971, Kader Siddique was involved in torturing, humiliating, and beyneting four prisoners of war to death. ^[1]

  

  Kader Siddique

• On 2 January 1975, Siraj Sikder was killed in the custody of police on their way to Rakkhi Bahini Camp in Savar, Dhaka. ^[2]

1980s

• On 1 June 1981, Major General Muhammad Abul Manzoor was killed in Chittagong. Former president of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad is the main accused of the murder case ^{[3] [4] [5]} .

  

  Hussain Muhammad Ershad, the suspect of the Muhammad Abul Manzoor murder

1990s

• On 6 September 1996, a prominent Bangladeshi film actor Salman Shah was found dead in his apartment. ^[6] The case is recently revived by the Dhaka Court. ^[7] His wife Samira Haque and businessman Aziz Mohammad Bhai is allegedly involved in the murder. ^[8]
• On 18 December 1998, a prominent Bangladeshi film actor Sohel Chowdhury was shot dead in front of a club in Banani, Dhaka. No trial was made even after 17 years. ^[9]

2000s

• On 27 January 2005, Minister of Finance Shah AMS Kibria and his nephew Shah Manzur Huda was killed in a grenade attack which is yet to be solved after twelve years. ^[10]
• On 28 October 2006, four activists of Jamaaat-e-Islami were beaten to death by Awami League activists. ^{[11] [12] [13]} That incident is famously known as "logi boitha killing". ^[14]

2010s

• On 11 February 2012, prominent TV journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi were murdered in their apartment which is still unresolved. ^[15]
• On 8 March 2013, an A-level student named Tanvir Muhammad Taqi ^[16] was found murdered and floating in Shitalakshya River of Narayanganj. It is widely believed that the Awami League MP of Narayanganj Shamim Osman was instrumental behind this murder. ^[17] No case has been taken by police, no investigation done, and nobody was charged. ^[18]
• On 20 May 2014, Ekramul Haque, Chairman of Fulgazi Upazila was shot and burnt alive. ^[19] Joynal Hazari, an MP of Awami League from Feni District of Bangladesh ^[20] is believed to be involved in the murder. ^{[21] [22]}
• On 25 August 2014, cleric and TV host Nurul Islam Farooqi was killed by unknown assailants in his office. ^[23]
• On 23 April 2016, A. F. M. Rezaul Karim Siddique, a professor of department of English in Rahshahi University was murdered. ^[24]
• On 29 March 2017, Raudha Athif, a Maldivian MBBS 2nd year medical student in Rajshahi was murdered and thrown across the bed in her hostel room in the Islami Bank Medical College at Rajshahi. ^[25] Raudha Athif (18 May 1996 – 29 March 2017) was a Vogue model and medical student who was killed in Rajshahi, Bangladesh and her parents claim that she was brutally strangled with a belt and before that she was manually strangulated by hand (throttling).

See also

• Crime portal

• List of journalists killed in Bangladesh
• Attacks by Islamic extremists in Bangladesh

References

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12. "Hasina charged in murder case". Al Jazeera. 2007-04-15. Archived from the original on 2007-04-15. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
13. "Murder charges against Hasina over 2006 street clashes dropped". The Times of India. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
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