18case filesUpdated Jul 14, 2026
Casepin holds 18 solved cases in Bangladesh. A solved case is one the record closes with a conviction or an equivalent legal finding; each file names who was convicted only where a court did.
Credit: Salim KhandokerCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenBUET, Sher-e-Bangla Hall, Dhaka, Bangladesh · 2019
Abrar Fahad, a second-year BUET engineering student, was beaten to death inside a university dormitory in October 2019 by activists of the ruling party's student wing, sparking nationwide protests; 25 people were later convicted, with 20 sentenced to death and five to life imprisonment.
SOLVEDListenCox's Bazar, Bangladesh · 2018
Retired Bangladesh Army Major Sinha Mohammed Rashed Khan was shot dead by police at a checkpoint in Cox's Bazar on 31 July 2020. A court later convicted two police inspectors and sentenced them to death, with six others given life imprisonment and seven acquitted.
SOLVEDListenSir AF Rahman Hall, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh · 2010
Abu Bakar Siddique, a top-performing Dhaka University student, was fatally injured during a 2010 clash between rival factions of the Bangladesh Chhatra League over hall seats and dormitory tenders; ten accused were later acquitted in 2017.
SOLVEDListenUniversity of Rajshahi, Motihar, Rajshahi, Bangladesh · 2006
Syed Taher Ahmed, a geology professor at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, was beaten to death and his body hidden in a septic tank in February 2006 after he uncovered plagiarism and service violations in a colleague's promotion application. A colleague and three others were convicted and sentenced to death; two were executed in 2023.
SOLVEDListenDiabari Beribadh area, Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh · 2020
Delwoar Hossain, a 50-year-old executive engineer with Gazipur City Corporation in Bangladesh, was abducted and killed on May 11, 2020. His family and colleagues say his anti-corruption stance was the motive; police arrested a colleague, a hired killer, and a driver, but engineers' groups and Transparency International Bangladesh demanded further investigation into possible masterminds.
SOLVEDListenShankhari Bazaar, Old Dhaka, Bangladesh · 2012
On 9 December 2012, 24-year-old tailor Biswajit Das was beaten to death in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh, by activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League who mistook him for an opposition supporter during clashes tied to a nationwide blockade.
SOLVEDListenJamal Khan Road, Chittagong, Bangladesh · 2001
Gopal Krishna Muhuri, principal of Nazirhat College in Chittagong, Bangladesh, was shot dead by multiple gunmen inside his home on 16 November 2001, weeks after a new government took office amid reports of attacks on religious minorities.
SOLVEDListenBandarban, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh · 2023
A 20-year-old poultry farm manager in Bandarban, Bangladesh, was kidnapped for ransom in August 2023 and killed; police interrogated several coworkers as suspects, and a man arrested as the suspected mastermind was later lynched by a mob while being escorted to the crime scene.
SOLVEDListenNarayanganj, Bangladesh · 2014
Seven people were abducted and killed in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, in April 2014. A trial court imposed convictions and death sentences in 2017, but final appeals remained pending before the Appellate Division as of April 2026.
The files run from 1975 to 2023. The 2010s hold the most, with 8 files. The oldest is 1975 Jail Killing, from 1975.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (16), kidnapping and abduction cases (4) and mass shooting cases (1).
None of these files has creator coverage attached yet; each one can still be heard as a narrated case file.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
This page updates from the published files, so counts and statuses change the day a record does. Open any file for its timeline, its sources and the coverage worth your time, or play it as a narrated case file.
Eight Pillars Against Aggression- Commemorating Abrar Fahad — Credit: Salim KhandokerCC BY-SA 4.0Source
These files are published and cited but are kept out of search listings for now, either because they fall outside Casepin’s true-crime scope or because they are still being deepened.
18. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
1975 Jail Killing, from 1975. Open the file
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 14, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
