Bangladeshi actor Shanto Khan and father beaten to death during unrest in Dhaka

According to reports, Bangladeshi actor Shanto Khan and his father Selim Khan, who was the chairman of Laxmipur Model Union Parishad along with being a film producer was lynched by an angry mob that resulted in ultimately both of them succumbing to their injuries. 

This took place when both the father and son duo were trying to escape and were confronted by an angry mob in Dhaka’s Forkkabad Bazaar. Despite firing some shots in self defence they couldn’t escape the wrath of another mob that they faced at Bargara Bazaar where they were beaten to death.

The deaths of the father son duo have shaken both the Bangladeshi and West Bengal Film Fraternity. Kolkata based filmmaker and director Sudipto Sen condemned the killings and stood up against these hooliganism calling for protests against the new regime of Bangladesh.

Sen expressed his grief through social media describing the incident as horrendous and unacceptable. Shanto Khan who debuted in 2019 with Prem Chor had acted in various films like Bikkhov that launched in 2022, and Bubujaan in 2023.

His father, Selim Khan owned Shapla Media that produced and distributed Bengali films.