Sources said when Shatyaban Hajong, son of Tushil Hajong, was coming back from his workplace in Durgapur Sadar thana to his village home in Manikpur in Kolma Kanda, a group of miscreants including Rahimuddin, Shuruj Ali and Kazim Uddin of Lakhmipur village waylaid him near Lakkhipur and demanded extortion, according to a press release of Dustha Swasthya Kendra (DSK).

As he refused to give toll, they swooped on him. Although he could manage to escape from their clutches to one of his relative's house in Lakkhipur, he was dragged out from that house and beaten to death.

Shatyaban was serving as the hostel super of a hostel run by DSK and was General Secretary of Hajong Unnyan Committee and a leader of Bangladesh Adivashi Union (BAU).

Sources closely related to him suspect that he was killed in a planned way as a gang of listed miscreants had been threatening him for the last few days.

Leaders of BAU and Executive Director of DSK condemned the killing and expressed deep shock at the death. They also demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the culprits and their kingpins.