US EditionTragic Attack Fuels Tensions: Hindu Businessman Assaulted and Set Ablaze in Bangladesh
Khokon Chandra Das suffered multiple stab wounds and burns after being attacked and set on fire; over 2,900 minority violence incidents have been recorded recently, officials said.
- On December 31, 2025, 50-year-old Khokon Chandra Das was intercepted near Keurbhanga Bazar, Damudya upazila, Shariatpur district, beaten, hacked, and set on fire while traveling in an autorickshaw.
- Recent killings in Mymensingh and Rajbari followed a pattern of violence targeting the Hindu minority in Bangladesh, including the Dec 18 lynching of Dipu Chandra Das and the Dec 24 killing of Amrit Mondal.
- Locals rescued him after he jumped into a pond and police named two suspects, Rabbi and Sohag, while Doctor Nazrul Islam said Das suffered multiple injuries including serious abdominal wounds and burns.
- Police have registered a case and launched a manhunt as law enforcement in Shariatpur and Damudya probe whether the assault involved religious identity, personal rivalry, or business disputes.
- India's External Affairs Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal condemned recent violence and highlighted that Bangladesh 2022 census records a Hindu population of 13.13 million, about 7.95%.
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Hindu businessman Khokan Chandra Das was surrounded outside his home by a mob, beaten, stabbed, and then doused with petrol and burned alive. He remains in critical condition and is being treated in the intensive care unit of a Dhaka hospital.
Another Bangladeshi Hindu Businessman Stabbed, Set On Fire
The businessman was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he is undergoing treatment. Doctors said his condition is serious but stable. Police have registered a case and launched a manhunt to identify and arrest those involved in the attack.
Tragic Attack Fuels Tensions: Hindu Businessman Assaulted and Set Ablaze in Bangladesh
Khokon Chandra Das, a Hindu businessman in Bangladesh, faced a brutal attack near Damudya in Shariatpur district. Assailants intercepted his autorickshaw, hacked him, and set him on fire. He jumped into a pond to extinguish the flames. He was later moved to Dhaka due to severe injuries.
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Family of Hindu man attacked in Bangladesh in shock
The family of Khokon Chandra Das on Friday recounted the horrors of brutal attack on him, saying that the motive of the mob behind the attack was unclear as he was a peaceful man. Das is currently undergoing treatment in Dhaka after suffering 30 percent burns in the attack. His wife, Seema Das, was inconsolable as she spoke to ANI. Carrying her infant in her arms, she lamented how Das was caught hold off by miscreants as he was about to enter th…
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