[Dhaka Tribune] An autorickshaw driver has been burnt alive by miscreants in Amati Shibpur area in Kishoreganj.Deceased Shamim, 27, is the son of Jahangir Alam of Amati village.
Jahangir said: "Four youths of the area including Jony, Al Amin and Shafiq were drinking liquor at a fishery near our house on Tuesday evening. They beat Shamim up when he tried to stop them from drinking liquor."
Following the matter, Jony, Al Amin and Shafiq took Shamim to the fishery around 8:30pm Thursday.
"They tied up Shamim's hands and legs and blindfolded him and set him on fire by pouring petrol," he said.
Locals went to the spot seeing the fire and took Shamim to Kishoreganj 250-bed General Hospital.
Hospital's emergency department duty doctor Monoj Kumar Roy said: "Around 80% of his body was burned in the incident."
Shamim's uncle Tajul Islam said he died while being taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 1am Friday.
Kishoreganj model cop shoppe OC Meer Mosharaf Hossain confirmed the matter to the Dhaka Tribune.
He said: "We are conducting drive to arrest the culprits. The body has been kept at Kishoreganj 250-bed General Hospital for an appointment with Dr. Quincy."