On April 13, 2022, journalist Mohiuddin Sarker Nayeem was fatally shot near the Bangladesh-India border by alleged drug traffickers. Nayeen was a reporter for local newspaper Dainik Cumillar Dak in the Cumilla District, located southeast of Dhaka, and had previously reported on drug trafficking in the area.
On the day of the killing, Bangladesh border guard personnel heard gunshots and found Nayeem lying just a few steps from the border with multiple shot wounds. The assailants had fled by the time the border guard arrived. Nayeem was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A day later, four men were arrested in connection with the murder. They were identified after Nayeem’s mother, Nazma Akter, filed a report with the police naming the possible perpetrators. Police told a local news outlet that two of the suspects took Nayeem to the border area where the killing took place, and two others helped them to escape the crime scene. Up to nine individuals may have been involved in the crime, according to reports.
The main suspect was killed in a gunfight with authorities as they attempted to arrest him on Saturday, April 16.