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The bulk of incidents involving members of number communities successful Bangladesh during 2025 were "criminal successful nature" and not driven by communal motives, the interim authorities said connected Monday (January 19, 2026).
The connection issued by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus Press Wing came days aft India, connected January 9, pressed Dhaka to "swiftly and firmly" woody with attacks connected minorities successful Bangladesh and described arsenic "troubling" the attempts to property the incidents to extraneous reasons.
New Delhi's absorption had travel against the backdrop of the sidesplitting of respective Hindu individuals successful Bangladesh successful the past fewer weeks.
Citing a yearlong reappraisal of authoritative constabulary records, the interim authorities said a full of 645 incidents involving number communities were recorded betwixt January and December 2025 crossed Bangladesh.
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"While each incidental is simply a substance of concern, the information presents a wide and evidence-based picture: the overwhelming bulk of cases were transgression successful quality alternatively than communal," it said.
According to the connection posted connected the Chief Adviser's verified societal media handle, of the 645 incidents, 71 were identified arsenic having communal elements.
These included 38 cases of temple vandalism, 8 of arson, 1 of theft, 1 execution and 23 different incidents specified arsenic threats to interruption idols, provocative societal media posts and harm to worship pavilions.
Police cases were filed successful 50 of these incidents, and arrests were made successful an adjacent number, portion different preventive oregon investigative measures were taken successful 21 cases, the connection said.
The remaining 574 incidents were linked to transgression oregon societal disputes unrelated to religion, including neighbourhood disputes (51), land-related conflicts (23), theft (106), anterior idiosyncratic enmity (26), rape (58) and 172 cases of unnatural death.
Police registered 390 cases successful this category, filed 154 unnatural decease reports and made 498 arrests, with further measures taken successful 30 incidents.
The interim authorities said the study "does not contradict challenges, nor does it assertion perfection; rather, it seeks to supply a factual, evidence-based representation of transgression trends affecting number communities wrong the broader nationalist context".
"While each crimes are superior and request accountability, the information demonstrates that astir incidents involving number victims were not driven by communal hostility, but by broader transgression and societal factors that impact citizens crossed spiritual and taste lines," it said.
According to the 2022 census, the Hindu colonisation successful Bangladesh is astir 13.13 million, which accounts for astir 7.95% of the country's full population. The Buddhist colonisation is astir 1.01 cardinal (0.61%), Christians astir 5,00,000 and different religions, including Sikh and Animist, astir 2,00,000 (0.12%).
Earlier this month, the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC) successful a connection alleged that arsenic the day of the wide elections draws nearer, communal unit is expanding astatine an alarming complaint successful the country. Parliamentary polls are scheduled connected February 12.
The forum alleged that the unit is aimed astatine preventing number voters from casting votes for candidates of their choice.
The Council said it has recorded 51 incidents of communal unit successful December 2025 alone.
The interim authorities successful the connection reiterated that ensuring information and justness for each citizens, including Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Christians and radical of different beliefs, remains a law and motivation obligation.
On January 9, reacting to the caller spate of unit targeting Hindus successful Bangladesh, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "We proceed to witnesser a disturbing signifier of recurring attacks connected minorities arsenic good arsenic their homes and businesses by extremists.”
Such communal incidents request to beryllium dealt with swiftly and firmly, helium said.
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"We person observed a troubling inclination to property specified incidents to idiosyncratic rivalries, governmental differences, oregon extraneous reasons.
"Such disregard lone emboldens the perpetrators and deepens the consciousness of fearfulness and insecurity among minorities," Mr. Jaiswal said.
The relations betwixt India and Bangladesh were strained aft the interim authorities headed by Mr. Yunus assumed complaint pursuing the illness of the Sheikh Hasina authorities successful August 2024.
India has been expressing concerns implicit attacks connected minorities, particularly Hindus, successful Bangladesh.
