Man hacked to death in Noakhali
Noakhali, Tue Oct 14, 2025 03:11 AM
A man was hacked to death in Noakhali’s Subarnachar upazila yesterday.
The deceased is Subrata Chandra Das, 46, of Char Bojlul village, said police.
The reason behind the killing could not be known immediately, said Char Jabbar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Shahin Miah.
The victim’s father, Chiru Ranjan Das, said Subrata was currently unemployed.
Subrata’s wife, Rikta Rani Das, works as a field inspector at the Char Jabbar Union Health and Family Welfare Centre (UH&FWC) under the same upazila, said Iftekhar Ahmmed, deputy director of the Noakhali office of the Directorate General of Family Planning.
His father said, like every other day, Subrata went out on his motorcycle around 1:00pm to bring his wife home from work.
“Around an hour later, my younger son Sanjib Das told me over the phone that Subrata was injured in a motorbike accident,” Chiru Ranjan told The Daily Star.
“Hearing this, I rushed to the spot and found Subrata’s bloodstained body lying on the ground adjacent to the road near Polowan Bari area on Haris Chowdhury Bazar-Pariskar Bazar road in Char Jubilee village. Many gathered around his body. His throat was slit,” he said.
“My son was a very calm and quiet person. As far as I know, he had no enemies. I want justice for his murder,” Charu added.
On information, police rushed to the spot, recovered and sent the body to the 250-bed Noakhali General Hospital for autopsy, said OC Shahin Miah.
During a primary investigation, it was found that the victim’s throat was slit using a sharp weapon, and a stab mark was found on his head, he said.
The process of filing a case was underway till the filing of the report around 7:45pm.
Contacted, RM Faizur Rahman, superintendent of the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) in Noakhali, said a PBI team visited the spot.
