Around 3 AM on Saturday, January 24, 2026, Police recovered the body of a youth named Chanchal Chandra Bhowmik from a car repair shop (auto mechanic shop) in the Sahepratap area of ​​Narsingdi, Bangladesh. Chanchal was sleeping inside the locked shop when he was doused with some flamable liquis such as petrol or kerosene and burnt alive to death. Chanchal was just 22 year old and a Hindu by religion, a religious minority in Muslim majority Bangladesh.

Chanchal’s body was found in a shop at Khanabari Mosque Market. He was an employee of the shop where he was working for the past few years. He was from Lakshmipur village in Barura upazila of Cumilla who was the sole earning member of the family providing for his ailing father and a disabled older brother. 

The CCTV footage posted on YouTube clearly captured the scene that someone set Chanchal, asleep on the floor of the shop, on fire. As the fire raged engulfing Chanchal entirely, the murderer walked out as captured on camera. Police said they have collected some CCTV footage from the scene. A few people were seen in front of and around the shop, but no one’s involvement has been confirmed yet. The crime is being investigated by Police.

Reported by some local journalist named Rhidoy Sarkar of Narsingdi, reported by an Indian news media Hindus-News.

Victims: Murdered Chanchal Chandra Bhowmik & family, Hindu religious minorities

Location of Murder: Khanabari Mosque Market, Sahepratap area (সাহেপ্রতাপ এলাকা) – a high density busy business center, Narsingdi Municipal Town, Narsingdi District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh

Date of Murder: Saturday, January 24, 2026

News media:  Indian newspapers published the news namely The Hindu , News18 , (no news in Bangladesh news media)

Social media news: YouTube posted by Indian news media Hindus News, Facebook

The burning alive incident posted in Bangla language on Facebook