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A Hindu antheral was crushed to decease successful Bangladesh aft helium tried to halt a conveyance from leaving a petrol pump without paying for fuel, constabulary said.
The incident, which took spot connected Friday (January 16, 2026) successful Rajbari district, marks the latest successful a spate of unit targeting Hindus successful Bangladesh.
The victim, identified arsenic 30-year-old Ripon Saha, was a substance presumption worker, The Daily Star paper reported connected Saturday, quoting constabulary officials.
He was moving astatine Karim Filling Station successful Goalanda Mor astatine the clip of the incident, it said.
“We volition record a execution case. The idiosyncratic stood successful beforehand of the car aft they refused to wage for fuel, and they ran him implicit earlier fleeing.” Rajbari Sadar Police main Khondakar Ziaur Rahman was quoted arsenic saying by quality portal bdnews24.com.
According to constabulary and eyewitnesses, a achromatic SUV arrived astatine the filling presumption astir 4:30 americium connected Friday and took substance worthy astir Tk 5,000 (approx ₹3,710). When the operator attempted to permission without paying, Saha tried to artifact the vehicle. The car allegedly ran him implicit and sped away, sidesplitting him connected the spot.
Police aboriginal seized the conveyance and arrested its proprietor Abul Hashem alias Sujan, 55, and his operator Kamal Hossain, 43.
Hashem, a erstwhile treasurer of Rajbari territory Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and erstwhile president of the territory Jubo Dal, is simply a contractor by profession, constabulary 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.
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.
A 42-year-old jeweller, identified arsenic Prantosh Sarkar, was changeable dormant by miscreants astatine a schoolhouse tract successful Narshingdi connected December 2.
A 25-year-old garment mill worker, identified arsenic Dipu Chandra Das, was lynched to decease by a mob implicit alleged blasphemy successful Mymensingh metropolis connected December 18. His assemblage was past acceptable connected fire.
Another Hindu man, identified arsenic Amrit Mondal, was lynched implicit alleged extortion successful Rajbari town's Pangsha upazila connected December 24.
Khokon Chandra Das, 50, was brutally attacked, hacked and acceptable connected occurrence by miscreants portion returning location aft closing his store connected the nighttime of December 31. He died successful a infirmary 3 days aboriginal connected January 3.
A 40-year-old market store owner, identified arsenic Moni Chakraborty, was murdered by unidentified attackers who struck him with a crisp limb connected the nighttime of January 5 astatine Charsindhur Bazar successful Palash Upazila.
Rana Pratap Bairagi, a 38-year-old ice-making mill owner, who was besides the acting exertion of a paper called 'Dainik BD Khabar' published from Narail, was fatally changeable successful the caput by unidentified assailants connected January 5 successful Jessore district.
A 25-year-old man, identified arsenic Mithun Sarkar, connected Jan 6 died aft helium jumped into a canal to flight a mob which accused him of theft successful Naogaon district.
Liberation War seasoned and retired superior schoolhouse headmaster, Jogesh Chandra Roy (70) and his woman Shubarna Roy were killed astatine the Taraganj country of Rangpur connected December 7. Their blood-stained bodies were recovered connected the room level of their house.
