Subrata Bain

Subrata Bain (, born as Trimati Subrata Bain in 1967, also known as Fateh Ali) is a Bangladeshi criminal and gang leader. In the 1990s, Subrata Bain became a prominent name in Dhaka's underworld. He faces numerous allegations including murder, land and flat grabbing, extortion, and arms smuggling. He is accused in at least 30 murder cases in Dhaka. Until 2003, he was the head of Dhaka's powerful underworld group, the Seven Star Group. He first gained notoriety after murdering JSD student leader Murad in Agargaon, Dhaka, in 1991, for which he was convicted of life imprisonment.

Early life Subrata Bain was born in 1967 at Holy Family Hospital in Dhaka. His father, Bipul Bain, worked as a driver for an NGO. He lived in a rented home in Moghbazar with his mother and three sisters. He started his schooling at Oxford Mission School in Barisal, then enrolled in class IX at Sher-e-Bangla School in Dhaka, from where he passed SSC examination. While trying to get into Siddheshwari College, he met a political leader, which led him into the world of crime. He eventually built his own gang in Moghbazar. They used sharpened bamboo tools to dig the tunnel and escaped at night.

Arrests Bain was arrested multiple times. The first was on 11 October 2008 in Kolkata. After escaping from a Nepal jail, he returned to Kolkata and was again arrested in a joint operation on 27 November 2012 in Burrabazar. he was captured along with an associate in an operation by the Bangladesh Army in the Kalishankarpur area of Kushtia town. His name has come up in connection with three murders in the Hatirjheel and Gulshan areas of Dhaka. On 21 April 2025, Arif Sardar, a member of the Ward Jubo Dal, was shot dead by Bain's followers in Hatirjheel. Police reported that he and his gang had been bringing weapons across the border from India and committing various crimes.