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daughter, as well as my in-laws.”

Atiqul’s body was taken to their village home Panpatti village of Patuakhali’s Galachipa upazila that night. He was buried in their family graveyard the next day at noon.

Visiting the village home last week, this correspondent saw Atiqul’s mother Mumtaz Begum wailing on the floor.

Shah Alam Howladar, his father, said, “Atiqul was my youngest son. He worked hard and continued his education, funding it with the money he earned from tuitions. Who will care for us now? How will we survive without him? I want a fair trial to bring his murderers to justice.”