List of unresolved murder cases in Bangladesh

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 Rahshahi 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).

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1970s