Another Hindu man was brutally attacked and set on fire by a mob in Bangladesh’s Shariatpur district, raising fresh concerns about escalating violence against minorities. The victim sustained severe injuries in the assault.
A Hindu man in Bangladesh was reportedly left severely injured after a violent mob allegedly attacked him and set him on fire, marking yet another disturbing assault on minorities in the country. The horrific incident took place on December 31 in Shariatpur district, where rising hostilities against minority communities have become a worrying pattern.ย According to media reports, the victim has been identified asย 50-year-oldย Khokon Das. He was returning home when a group of attackers allegedly cornered him.ย
The mob is said to have assaulted him with sharp weapons, subjected him to repeated beatings and then set him ablaze. The brutality of the assault has sparked outrage among rights groups who note an alarming rise in targeted violence, as per reports.ย
Series of attacks raises alarming pattern
Notably, this was the fourth attack on a Hindu in Bangladesh in the last 15 days. Earlier, on December 24, a mob had allegedly beaten 29-year-old Amrit Mondal to death in the Hossaindanga area of Kalimohar Union in Bangladesh. In another incident at a textile factory in Bhaluka, Mymensingh, a Hindu youth was shot dead by his coworker with a gun. Apart from this, on December 18, a Hindu youth named Dipu Chandra Das was brutally killed by a mob in Mymensingh, after which his body was hung from a tree in the middle of the road and set on fire.