Updated - May 26, 2016 04:44 am IST - DHAKA
A Hindu businessman was on Wednesday hacked to death in Bangladesh after he allegedly refused to pay extortion money to drug addicts, the latest murder in the nation. Debesh Chandra Pramanik (68), a shoe store owner, was murdered inside his shop in Gaibandha of northwestern Gobindaganj Upazila. “The assailants slit throat using sharp weapons leaving him dead instantly,” the police officer in-charge told reporters.
Published - May 26, 2016 04:43 am IST
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