[1] On that day, there was a nationwide road blockade called by the opposition 18 Party Alliance.
That morning, Das was on his way to his shop, Amantron Tailors at Shankhari Bazaar in Old Dhaka, when one or more small bombs exploded near an anti-blockade procession of BCL activists from Jagannath University.
[2][3][4] A group of them mistook Das for an opposition supporter and chased him from near Bahadur Shah Park into a nearby building.
[1][2] Within days, Jagannath University expelled three students and cancelled the certificates of two others for alleged involvement in the murder.
Thirteen, including two of those sentenced to death, were convicted in absentia and, as of August 2017, have not been apprehended.