Nurul Islam Farooqi

Death On 27 August 2014, Farooqi was killed by 8–10 unknown assailants in his Rajabazar office. Earlier a mystery woman had telephoned him repeatedly in order to visit him at his home. Witnesses said the woman, who was in her forties, was nervous and behaved oddly during her two-hour stay at Farooqi's house. He also played down any role of his personal life or business relations over the matter. Mosaheb Uddin Bakhtiar, presidium member of Ahle Sunnat, blamed "the followers of Wahabi and Moududi" for the murder. "It was a planned murder as Maulana Faruqi was a supporter of Sunni (sic) and he was publishing truth through the media", he added.

In August 2014, the head of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Sena, Muhammad Nurul Haq Chisty, made the announcement at a press meet that a half-day strike across Bangladesh would be observed demanding the arrest and trial of the killers of Farooqi. Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Sena formed a human chain on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway's Ashuganj area to demand punishment for the killers. The World Sunni Movement also organized several peaceful human chains under the direction of Syed Imam Hayat, demanding justice for the real killers.

Arrests On 29 August, police detained the "mystery woman" named Mahbuba from Narayanganj's Rupganj area for her alleged involvement with the murder.

A decade later, it was announced that Farooqi was "murdered by extremists, including Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) member 'Jamai' Faruque, over ideological differences". The accused named in the charge sheet are Hadisur Rahman Sagar, Abdullah Al Tasnim Nahid, Rafiqul Islam Fardin, Abu Raihan Mahmud Abdul Hadi, Mahmud Ibn Bashar, and Ratan Chowdhury (alias Engineer Rakibul Islam Reaz). Sagar, Nahid, and Ratan are in custody, while the remaining three suspects are fugitives. However, the "mystery woman", Mahbuba, appears to have never been charged or indicted.

Personal life Farooqi had two wives. His second wife, Lubna Islam, lived with him at the Razabazar home, while his first wife and her children lived in the Malibagh area of Dhaka.