A journalist was brutally hacked to death by a group of miscreants in the Chandana Chowrasta area in Gazipur on Thursday night.

The victim Asaduzzaman Tuhin, 38, was the Gazipur staff reporter for the daily Protidiner Kagoj.

He was attacked in front of Mosque Market, located in the busy Chandana Chowrasta area, just after 8pm.

Tuhin, originally from Bhatipara village under Fulbaria Police Station in Mymensingh, lived in the Chandana Chowrasta area with his family.

According to local witnesses, earlier in the day Tuhin had gone live on Facebook to expose alleged extortion from footpaths and shops in the area. But no such video was found published on his personal Facebook age. He last posted a video around 8pm that showed people's habit of crossing roads without adhering to any rules in Gazipur.

Moments later, while drinking tea at a roadside stall in front of Mosque Market, he was suddenly surrounded by 10–12 armed men.

Eyewitnesses said the attackers, wielding machetes and other sharp weapons, chased Tuhin as he attempted to flee into a nearby grocery store.

He was hacked and slaughtered in full public view before the attackers fled the scene. Tuhin died on the spot due to severe injuries.

Shaheen Khan, officer-in-charge of Basan Police Station, said police recovered the body and sent it to the morgue.

"We are investigating the motive behind the killing and working to identify and arrest those responsible," he added.