Roy and his wife Rafida Ahmed Bonya were attacked on the night of Feb 26, 2015 on the Dhaka University Campus. Avijit suffered a deep gash on his head and died while Bonya survived but lost a finger in the assault. A bioengineer and a naturalised US citizen, Avijit Roy founded the the blog ‘Muktomona’ (free thinkers). Two suspects in the murder of Avijit Roy seen in this still image taken from CCTV footage released by police. Explaining the delay over submitting the chargesheet, senior police officer Khaled said, "The chargesheet has to state the name of the suspects.

Source: bd News24 February 26, 2017 11:42 UTC