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A Hindu businessman has been brutally attacked, hacked and acceptable connected occurrence by miscreants successful Bangladesh, constabulary said connected Thursday (January 1, 2026).
The victim, identified arsenic 50-year-old Khokon Chandra Das, was assaulted adjacent Keurbhanga Bazar successful Damudya successful Shariatpur territory connected Wednesday (December 31, 2025) nighttime portion returning location aft closing his shop, Bengali regular Prothom Alo reported, quoting police.
He was aboriginal shifted to Dhaka for precocious attraction arsenic his information deteriorated.
Mr. Das, who runs a medicine store and mobile banking business, was travelling successful an autorickshaw erstwhile the attackers intercepted the conveyance and allegedly bushed him up, hacked him with crisp weapons and past poured petrol connected his caput earlier mounting him connected fire, the study said.
In a bid to prevention himself, Mr. Das jumped into a roadside pond, prompting locals to rise an alarm.
The attackers fled the scene, constabulary said, adding that helium was rescued by locals and taken to Shariatpur Sadar Hospital, earlier being referred to Dhaka owed to the severity of his injuries.
Nazrul Islam, a doc astatine the exigency section of Shariatpur Sadar Hospital, said Mr. Das suffered aggregate injuries crossed his body, including a superior coiled to his abdomen, on with pain injuries connected his face, caput and hands.
His wife, Seema Das, said the household could not recognize wherefore helium was targeted. She claimed that his hubby recognised 2 of the attackers, which is wherefore they tried to termination him.
Damudya Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Rabiul Haque said 2 men, identified arsenic Rabbi and Sohag, person been named successful the case.
“Efforts are underway to apprehension them and place others progressive successful the attack,” helium said.
On December 18, a 25-year-old Hindu man, identified arsenic Dipu Chandra Das, was lynched by a mob and his assemblage acceptable connected occurrence implicit alleged blasphemy successful Mymensingh city.
A week later, connected Dec 24, different Hindu man, identified arsenic Amrit Mondal, was lynched implicit alleged extortion successful Rajbari town's Pangsha upazila.
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. There has been a spate of unit targeting the number assemblage successful the state successful the past fewer weeks.
