The bodies of the two – identified as Harogobindo Das and Chandan Das – were found in their house in Jafrabad locality in Shamsherganj with multiple stab wounds.

Post-Independence historians with Left leanings did not give due credit to Rana Pratap and Shivaji Maharaj but eulogised Aurangzeb, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said.

India has issued a strong diplomatic rebuke to Bangladesh following the kidnapping and killing of Bhabesh Chandra Roy, a prominent Hindu minority leader in northern Bangladesh.