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A Hindu businessman, who was besides the acting exertion of a newspaper, was fatally changeable successful the caput by unidentified assailants connected Monday (January 5, 2025) successful Jessore territory successful confederate Bangladesh, officials said.
"We person received accusation that 1 Rana Pratap Bairagi was changeable dormant astatine the Keshabpur country of Jessore," Bangladesh Puja Celebration Committee President Bashudeb Dhar said.
The 38-year-old deceased was a nonmigratory of Arua colony successful Keshabpur upazila of Jessore successful Khulna Division, Bangla-language regular Prothom Alo reported.
The shooting marks the latest successful a spate of convulsive incidents against minorities successful the country, particularly the Hindu assemblage members.
India has been expressing concerns implicit attacks connected minorities, particularly Hindus, successful Bangladesh.
Bairagi, who owned an ice-making mill successful Kopaliya Bazar successful Monirampur, was besides the acting exertion of a paper called 'Dainik BD Khabar' published from Narail, according to the daily.
The incidental occurred astir 5:45 p.m. astatine Kopaliya Bazaar connected Monday (January 5), bdnews24 quality portal quoted Additional Police Superintendent Abul Basar arsenic saying.
Citing locals and the police, Prothom Alo said that 3 miscreants connected a motorcycle called him from the crystal mill and took him to the alley successful beforehand of Kapalia Clinic and Diagnostic Centre connected the westbound broadside of Kopaliya Bazar.
The miscreants past changeable him successful the caput from adjacent scope and fled. He died connected the spot.
"Bairagi was changeable 3 times successful the caput and his pharynx was slit," Monirampur Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md. Rajiullah Khan was quoted arsenic saying by the daily.
Mr. Khan besides said that the crushed for his execution is not known.
An probe was launched into the incident.
Police said Bairagi "appeared to beryllium a unfortunate of an interior feud" of the banned Purbo Banglar Communist Party, describing him arsenic an "active member" of the group.
There are 4 cases registered against the deceased successful 2 constabulary stations, they said. However, details of these cases were not known.
On January 3, Khokon Chandra Das (50) died aft helium was brutally attacked, hacked and acceptable connected fire.
On December 24, a Hindu man, Amrit Mondal, was lynched implicit alleged extortion successful Rajbari town's Pangsha upazila.
On December 18, Dipu Chandra Das (25) was lynched by a mob and his assemblage acceptable connected occurrence implicit alleged blasphemy successful Mymensingh city.
Unidentified men acceptable the location of Qatari expatriate workers Shukh Shil and Anil Shil connected occurrence successful the Raojan country connected the outskirts of Chattogram connected December 23, but the residents managed to flight unharmed.
There has been a spate of unit targeting the number assemblage successful the state successful the past fewer weeks, and mob unit oregon clandestine attacks person emerged arsenic a large situation successful Bangladesh’s changed governmental landscape, according to governmental observers.
As of the 2022 census, astir 13.13 cardinal Hindus reside successful Bangladesh, constituting astir 7.95% of the full population.
