02 October 2004
Dipankar Chakroborty
Other non-natural
On the night of 2 October 2004, Dipankar Chakroborty, a 55-year-old senior journalist and executive editor of the Bogra-based daily "Durjoy Bangla", was hacked to death near his residence in Sherpur.
The attack occurred as Chakroborty, who was also vice-president of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), was returning home from his workplace.
According to witnesses, a group of individuals who were riding on motorcycles assaulted the journalist, striking him from behind with sharp weapons. Thus far, the motive behind the killing is not known.
