Dhaka, July 13 -- The brutal daylight murder of a scrap trader outside Dhaka's Mitford Hospital has triggered widespread public outrage, student-led protests across university campuses, and escalating political tension, with members of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) allegedly linked to the attack.
The victim, 39-year-old Lal Chand - also known as Sohag - was attacked around 6:00pm on Wednesday near Gate 3 of Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital (Mitford Hospital).
Graphic footage, now widely circulated on social media, shows Sohag being beaten and hacked to death with stones and sharp weapons on a busy street in full public view. Law enforcement has arrested at least five individuals in connection with the killing.
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