Another Hindu man was beaten to death by a group of attackers in Daganbhuiyan in Bangladesh’s Chittagong on Sunday evening.
The victim, identified as 28-year-old Samir Das, an auto driver, was thrashed and stabbed to death by a group of attackers on Sunday evening. According to journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, assailants further took away Das’s battery-operated auto-rickshaw and fled the scene.
Samir was the eldest son of Kartik Kumar Das and Rina Rani Das.
This is the latest incident in the series of attacks on Hindu minorities in the neighbouring country. Several Hindu individuals have been assaulted and attacked in Bangladesh after violent protests erupted in the neighbouring country following the death of July uprising organiser Sharif Osman Hadi in Singapore.
Prolay Chaki, a musician and the cultural affairs secretary of the Awami League’s Pabna district unit, died in prison on Sunday night after reportedly suffering a heart attack. Chaki was been arrested in connection with a case linked to an alleged attack on the anti-discrimination student movement. Supporters of the Awami League have claimed that the charges against him were false.
Last week, a Hindu man, identified as Joy Mahapatro, was allegedly beaten and later poisoned by a local Muslim, named Amirul Islam.
A 25-year-old Hindu man died on Tuesday after he jumped into a canal while trying to escape a mob that accused him of theft. Mithun Sarkar, a resident of Bhandarpur village, was chased by locals who suspected him of stealing, news agency ANI reported.
On Monday, Rana Pratap Bairagi, a Hindu businessman and acting editor of a newspaper was shot dead in Jessore district. A 40-year-old Hindu grocery shop owner Sarat Mani Chakraborty died on same day.
In another horrific incident, a Hindu woman was allegedly gang-raped by two men, who also tied her to a tree and cut off her hair in a glaring display of lawlessness and atrocities against minorities in the country.
Earlier, another Hindu man, Dipu Chandra Das, was lynched and burnt to death in Mymensingh over alleged blasphemy. After thrashing and killing Das, the mob hung his body from a tree and set it on fire. Another Hindu man, Amrit Mondal, was lynched to death by a mob over extortion allegations. Bajendra Biswas, a Hindu garment factory worker, was shot dead in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh in the same month.
