Nahar Ali

Year: 2001

Nationality: Bangladesh

Killed by: Government Officials

Location: Khulna, Bangladesh

Press organization: Anirban

What's Nahar Ali's story?

Ali, a correspondent for the Khulna-based, Bengali-language daily Anirban,died shortly before midnight on April 21, while undergoing treatment atKhulna Medical College Hospital for injuries sustained in an attackdays earlier. Late on the night of April 17, masked men kidnapped Alifrom his home in the village of Shovna, according to local pressreports. The assailants stabbed him, beat him severely, and broke hishands and legs before abandoning him on the outskirts of his village,according to police.

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