Police guard murdered Mantu’s home after daughter’s rape

Mantu Chandra Das’s modest home in Barguna municipality now stands under armed watch, a grim epilogue to a father’s quest for justice. 

Days after he accused a local man of raping his daughter, Mantu was found dead—his body dumped in a bush. 

On Tuesday, March 18, four police officers took up posts at his doorstep, a High Court-ordered shield as suspicion and sorrow grip the town.

It began March 5, when Mantu filed a case with Barguna police station, pointing the finger at Srijib Chandra Roy for abducting and raping his daughter. 

Police nabbed Srijib that day; a court soon jailed him. Justice seemed in motion—until March 11. That night, Mantu’s body turned up behind his Kalibari home, tangled in undergrowth. 

His wife filed a murder case the next day, naming no one, the killer still a shadow.

Barguna Police Station Officer-in-Charge Dewan Jaglul Hasan confirmed the deployment Wednesday: “Four armed officers, three shifts, round-the-clock—per the High Court.” 

After Mantu’s body surfaced, police detained four locals—three tied to the rape case, one cut loose. But the murder’s thread remains unpulled.

Nurul Ahad Anik/MSU/NMA