Another Hindu Man Stabbed, Set On Fire By Mob In Bangladesh

1st January 2026 at 6:12 PM

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A Hindu businessman had a narrow escape after he was beaten, stabbed and set on fire by a mob in Bangladesh in the fourth such attack on the minority community in the past two weeks.

Dhaka : A Hindu businessman had a narrow escape after he was beaten, stabbed and set on fire by a mob in Bangladesh in the fourth such attack on the minority community in the past two weeks. The brutal attack took place on New Year’s Eve when Khokan, 40, was returning home after closing his pharmacy shop in Keurbhanga Bazar.

The miscreants then stabbed him multiple times with sharp weapons, poured petrol on his body and set him on fire. However, Khokan managed to jump into a nearby pond and was later rescued by locals. He was rushed to Shariatpur Sadar Hospital, with doctors saying his condition is critical. However, the motive behind the attack and the identities of those involved have not yet been confirmed.

The attack on Khokon has only heightened tensions among the minority Hindu community amid a series of attacks and lynchings following the murder of anti-India youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi. The protests over Hadi’s death in Bangladesh have taken a sharply anti-India tone amid allegations that the leader’s killers fled to India. The latest incident comes a day after another Hindu man, Bajendra Biswas, was shot dead while he was on security duty at a garment factory in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh.

Both Biswas and Mia were members of the Ansar Bahini, a paramilitary auxiliary force under Bangladesh’s Home Ministry, responsible for community policing. They were deployed as security guards at a factory of Sultana Sweaters Limited with 20 others on Monday when the incident happened. Last week, a man identified as Amrit Mondal was lynched over allegations of extortion.