India, Jan. 3 -- Khokan Chandra Das, a middle-aged Hindu businessman who ran a pharmacy at Keurbhanga Bazar in Bangladesh's Shariatpur district, succumbed to burn injuries in Dhaka on Saturday, hospital officials said.

Das was undergoing treatment at the National Burn Institute after being critically injured in a violent attack earlier this week.

Hospital sources said Das had been under treatment for nearly three days. Doctors noted that around 30 per cent of his body had sustained burns, with severe injuries to his face and respiratory tract, which proved fatal.

According to family members, Das was stabbed, beaten and set on fire on December 31 while returning home after closing his medical shop. Local media reports said he initially ...