A man was hacked to death by unidentified criminals at the Kotchandpur upazila of Jhenaidah district early yesterday.

Kawsar Lashkar, 52, was from Chanpara village.

He was an activist of Awami League, although he did not hold any official party position, said family and locals.

Speaking to The Daily Star, Kawsar's wife, Ozula Begum, shared that Kawsar had gone into hiding after the fall of the AL government on August 5 but had returned home a few days ago.

She recounted that a group of 10–12 individuals, claiming to be policemen, knocked on their door. When they opened it, the group forcefully took Kawsar away, and she could not identify any of them.

About an hour later, Kawsar was found lying on a road near a rail line in the same village, brutally stabbed but still alive. The villagers and police were alerted, Ozula added.

Police took him to a nearby health complex where he later died, confirmed Kabir Hossain Matubbar, officer-in-charge of Kotchandpur Police Station.