Psycho Samrat
Sabuj Sheikh, known as Psycho Samrat or Tiger Samrat, initially reported under the pseudonym Mashiur Rahman Khan Samrat, is a Bangladeshi vagrant man and serial killer whom confessed to the murders of six people from 2025 to 2026 after being detained on the night of January 18, 2026.
Background
Sabuj Sheikh was born approximately around 1986 and is from Savar, Dhaka, specifically Savar's Bank Colony Area. His father was a certain Salam from the same area and his mother is a certain Momtaz Begum. Sheikh is a vagrant man whom, many locals, including his mother, claimed, is mentally unwell, however, after his arrest, police found no signs or symptoms to suggest that he has a mental illness.Sheikh has a younger brother, Jibon Sheikh, whom lives at Sheikh's village home in the Mouchamandha area of the district's Louhajang Upazila. According to Jibon Sheikh, Sheikh used to study at a madrasa before dropping out and starting to act unusual. Also according to Jibon Sheikh, when interviewed on January 20, 2026, "Sabuj came home around one month ago after around a two-year-gap. Earlier, Sabuj was sent to a rehab for a few days. He was even in jail for a few days."
According to Momtaz Begum, Sheikh's mother, Sheikh was married once before his wife abandoned him. He has a son.
Murders
On July 4, 2025, the corpse of Asma Begum, a 75-year-old elderly woman, was recovered from behind a tea shop near the Savar Model Mosque in the afternoon. A case was filed and she was the first victim of Sheikh's that has been identified.On August 29, 2025, the half-melted corpse of an unidentified man, around 30 years old, was recovered from the second floor of the abandoned Savar Municipal Community Centre with his hands tied with a towel and a veil tied around his neck. A case was filed the same day at Savar Model Thana.
On October 11, 2025, the corpse of an unidentified woman, around 30 years old, was recovered from near a bathroom on the second floor of the abandoned Savar Municipal Community Centre with her throat slit, police initially suspected that she was killed and the body was dumped there later. A case was filed on October 13.
On December 19, 2025, the half-melted corpse of an unidentified man, around 35 years old, was recovered from a bathroom on the second floor of the abandoned Savar Municipal Community Centre, the state of the corpse made it unidentifiable.
On January 18, 2026, two corpses of an unidentified girl, around 13 years old, and Tania Akhter, a 25-year-old woman, were recovered from a bathroom on the second floor of the abandoned Savar Municipal Community Centre. Both bodies were burnt and, thus, unidentifiable. According to witnesses, a student of Savar College had entered the Savar Municipal Community Centre to "respond to the call of nature" before discovering the burnt corpses and dialing 999.
Arrest
On January 18, 2026, after going through CCTV footage, the Detective Branch detained Sheikh from Savar's Muktir Mor Area for questioning due to him showing suspicious behavior in the footage. Sheikh confessed to the murders of all six victims and was sent to court so the police can receive a 10-day remand to question him further. He was later sent to prison after his confession in court.According to The Business Standard, Sheikh gave his motivation for the murders, of the female victims at least, as having been out of resentment for women whom, he believed, were involved in "immoral activities" at night.
According to The Daily Star, Sheikh gave his motivation for the murders as being to keep people, specifically people he believed are mentally ill, from living in the area.