Another Hindu Man Hacked To Death In Bangladesh, Ninth Such Incident In A Month

 

 

New Delhi : Violence against minorities continues unabated in Bangladesh, as another Hindu man was found hacked and stabbed to death in Daganbhuiyan upazila of Feni district of Dhaka on Monday. The gruesome murder marked the ninth such instance of attack on minorities since December, highlighting a disturbing surge in violence targeting Hindu communities throughout Bangladesh.

 

As per local media in Dhaka, the victim has been identified as Samir Das, a 27-year-old auto-rickshaw driver, whose body was recovered from a farmland in Jagatpur village of Bangladesh on Monday. Citing family members and police, Bangladesh's Bengali newspaper Daily Manobkantha reported that Samir left home in his autorickshaw on Sunday evening. When he failed to return late into the night, his relatives began frantically searching for him at various locations. Later, some locals discovered Samir's body lying in a field in Jagatpur village under Sadar union of the upazila. Receiving information, police rushed to the spot and recovered the body. Reports suggest that the body bore several stab injuries, and initial police assessments indicated that Samir was taken to a secluded spot and brutally killed in an attempt to steal his autorickshaw. "The body has been recovered and sent to the Feni General Hospital morgue for autopsy. His autorickshaw has not been found. The police have launched a special operation to identify and arrest those involved in the murder and recover the autorickshaw," IANS quoted Daganbhuiyan Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Muhammad Faizul Azim Noman as saying. Earlier on January 9, India expressed deep concerns over the "disturbing pattern of recurring attacks on minorities", especially Hindus, across Bangladesh, stating that it continues to monitor the situation in the neighbouring country and hopes that such acts of communal violence are addressed decisively.

 

"We continue to witness a disturbing pattern of recurring attacks on minorities as well as their homes and businesses by extremists. Such communal incidents need to be dealt with swiftly and firmly. We have observed a troubling tendency to attribute such incidents to personal rivalries, political differences, or extraneous reasons. Such disregard only emboldens the perpetrators, and deepens the sense of fear and insecurity among minorities..." spokesperson of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Randhir Jaiswal had said.