According to the case statement, between 9:00pm and 10:00pm on Wednesday (May 13), Guruma Zahir and associates allegedly tied up Mahi in front of their akhra (community home) at Burichang Uttar Bazar. They then poured kerosene and set Mahi on fire.

Locals rescued Mahi and first took them to Cumilla Medical College Hospital. Later, Mahi was transferred to National Burn Institute in Dhaka where they died under treatment.

The family alleged that local police were initially unwilling to accept the case.