Police say Zakir Hussain was killed after a dispute during the Ashura procession, but his family rejects that explanation and wants CCTV footage examined to uncover what really happened
July 01, 2026
Mamun Khan
bdnews24.com
The family of Zakir Hussain cannot answer the one question that has haunted them since Friday: why was he killed?
The Dhaka South City Corporation sanitation worker was fatally stabbed after joining the Ashura Tazia procession in Old Dhaka's Sutrapur, leaving behind a grieving family that insists he had neither enemies nor a history of conflict.
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