Another Hindu youth was murdered in Sunamganj district on Thursday (January 8, 2026) amid increasing violence against minorities in Bangladesh. The deceased has been identified as Joy Mahapatro. The victim’s family has alleged that a local man first brutally assaulted her and then forced her to consume poison.

19-year-old Joy Mahapatro was admitted to the ICU of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital in a critical condition, where he died during treatment.

Continuous killings of Hindus in Bangladesh

This incident has come to light just a few days after a Hindu man was attacked and killed with sharp weapons in Narsindi district of Bangladesh. 40-year-old Moni Chakraborty was attacked on Tuesday (January 6, 2026) in Charsindhur Bazaar area of ​​Palash upazila, in which he died.

Similarly, just hours before the murder of Moni Chakraborty, a Hindu businessman and executive editor of a newspaper was shot dead in the head by unknown assailants in Jessore district of Bangladesh. At the same time, Pratap, son of a school teacher from Keshabpur upazila, who was running an ice factory in Kopaliya market for the last two years, was called by some people outside his factory on Monday (January 5, 2026) evening. After this they took him to an alley and shot him.

The process of death of Hindus started with the murder of Dipu Chandra Das.

The series of killings of minority Hindus in Bangladesh started last month on December 18, 2025, when Hindu youth Dipu Chandra Das was beaten to death by a fundamentalist Islamic mob on charges of alleged blasphemy in Mymensingh district of the country and later his body was hanged in a tree and set on fire.

Apart from this, Khokan Chandra Das, a 50-year-old Hindu businessman in Bangladesh was also brutally attacked and then burnt alive. After which he died in the hospital three days later.

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For the last few months, Hindus have been facing atrocities under the rule of the interim government led by Mohammad Yunus in Bangladesh. India on Friday (January 9, 2026) asked Bangladesh to strictly control the communal incidents happening there. India has issued this statement after the incidents of killing of many Hindus and brutality against women in Bangladesh in the last few weeks.

Bangladesh should deal strictly with communal incidents: MEA

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, ‘We are witnessing a worrying trend of repeated attacks by extremists on minorities as well as their homes and businesses. It is necessary to deal with such communal incidents immediately and strictly. We have seen a worrying trend of linking such incidents to personal enmity, political differences or external reasons. He said, ‘Such neglect emboldens criminals and deepens the feeling of fear and insecurity among minorities.’

Communal violence increases before elections in Bangladesh

As the date of general elections approaches in Bangladesh, incidents of communal violence are increasing. After last year’s coup, the interim government of Mohammad Yunus has failed to establish a normal environment. Former Bangladesh Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has said that the foundation of India-Bangladesh relations is so strong that it will withstand even the current difficult times.

Tension increased in India-Bangladesh relations

Tension in India-Bangladesh relations has increased following incidents of increasing attacks on Hindu minorities and targeting of Indian diplomatic missions in Bangladesh during the interim government led by Mohammad Yunus. Elections are proposed in the country on February 12, but the security situation is continuously worsening and conflict between political parties is also increasing. India also rejected the alleged ‘anti-India false narrative’ being spread in Bangladesh and said that it is the responsibility of the Yunus government to maintain law and order and ensure security.

Bangladesh Police has arrested Yasin Arafat, the main accused who instigated the fundamentalist mob which brutally murdered Hindu minority citizen Dipu Chandra Das on charges of blasphemy in Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. According to officials, former teacher Yasin Arafat played an important role in the planning and execution of this terrible attack. After which Bangladesh is facing global criticism for this incident amid continuous atrocities on minorities in the country.

In fact, last month, on 18 December 2025, 27-year-old Hindu minority Dipu Chandra Das, working in a textile factory in Mymensingh district of Bangladesh, was forcibly fired from his job by the factory supervisor and handed over to the fundamentalist mob. After which the radical fundamentalist mob beats Dipu Chandra Das badly and kills him. Then she hangs his dead body from a tree and sets it on fire. At the same time, one of his colleagues is also allegedly involved in killing Deepu.

Main accused Arafat was absconding after Deepu’s murder

Bangladesh Police said that after the murder of Dipu Chandra Das, the main accused Yasin Arafat had fled from the area and was hiding, who was arrested by the police on Thursday (January 8, 2026).

According to officials, it was Yasin who hatched the entire conspiracy behind this horrific attack and instigated the mob to target Hindu minority youth Dipu Chandra Das. Thanks to leadership in a local community, he reportedly quickly gathered a large group, which escalated into a deadly attack.

Yasin himself had dragged Deepu to the intersection – Police

Bangladeshi police said that Arafat not only incited the mob to carry out the attack, but he himself dragged Dipu to an intersection, where he was hanged from a tree and then set on fire.

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The situation in Bangladesh is worrying, where Hindus are being continuously tortured and attacked. Former Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan has expressed concern over this situation. Recently there was news of gang rape of a Hindu woman, after which she was tied to a tree and then her hair was cut. Shikhar Dhawan has expressed grief over this incident through social media.

Shikhar Dhawan’s heart broke

Shikhar Dhawan wrote on social media, “Heartbroken to read about the brutal incident with a Hindu widow in Bangladesh. Such a violent incident anywhere and with anyone is unacceptable. My prayer is that the victim gets support and justice.”

Many brutal incidents of attacks on Hindus have come to light in Bangladesh. Last Tuesday, a Hindu man jumped into the canal to escape the crowd, after which he died. On Monday, a businessman and a newspaper editor were shot dead, whose name was said to be Rana Pratap Bairagi.

The incident on which Shikhar Dhawan expressed grief happened with a Hindu widow. Two men raped the woman, then tied her to a tree and cut her hair. Its shocking pictures were widely shared on social media.

Heartbreaking to read about the brutal assault on a Hindu widow in Bangladesh. Such violence against anyone, anywhere is unacceptable. Prayers for justice and support for the survivor.

— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) January 7, 2026

These incidents have also affected the cricket relations between India and Bangladesh. On the instructions of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders had released Mustafizur Rahman. After that the Bangladesh Cricket Board had refused to send its team to India for the T20 World Cup 2026. Recently, the controversy over Bangladesh’s demand to shift the World Cup matches to Sri Lanka has deepened.

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After the murder of radical youth leader Sharif Usman Hadi in Bangladesh in December, there is continuous unrest and tense situation in the country. Bangladesh’s minority Hindu community has been continuously targeted in the last few weeks after the assassination of Osman Hadi. In recent weeks, a mob of fundamentalists in Bangladesh brutally tortured five people of the Hindu community in five separate incidents and finally murdered them in a gruesome manner.

According to the spokesperson of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, 7 people of Hindu community have been murdered since December. However, the council did not provide detailed information about the two victims.

Which people were murdered?

Dipu Chandra Das: First of all, on December 18, 2025, 25-year-old Dipu Chandra Das, a minority Hindu man, was murdered in a gruesome manner in Baluka in Mymensingh district in Bangladesh. Dipu Chandra Das, who worked in a textile factory, was beaten to death by a fundamentalist mob on alleged blasphemy charges. Later his body was hanged from a tree and set on fire. However, at least 12 people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in Das’s murder.

Amrit Mandal: In Bangladesh, on December 24, 2025, Amrit Mandal was beaten to death on charges of extortion in Pangsha sub-district of Rajbari town. This was the second incident of murder of a Hindu person in Bangladesh.

However, it was reported that Mandal had allegedly formed a criminal gang and was involved in extortion and other criminal activities. Locals attacked him when he, along with his gang members, tried to extort money from a resident. According to the police, there were at least two cases registered against Mandal, including murder.

Khokan Chandra Das: At the same time, the murder of 50-year-old Hindu businessman Khokan Chandra Das was the third incident that happened to a Bangladeshi Hindu, which was carried out by a mob of fundamentalist people on the night of December 31, 2025. Hindu businessman Khokan Chandra Das was returning home after closing his shop on the night of 31 December. Meanwhile, the miscreants attacked them with sharp weapons and then set them on fire. Das, who ran a medicine shop and mobile banking, died in the hospital on January 3, three days after the incident.

Rana Pratap Bairagi: In this series, 38-year-old Rana Pratap Bairagi, owner of an ice making factory in Bangladesh and acting editor of the daily BD Khabar newspaper published from Narail, was shot dead by unknown assailants in Jessore district of southern Bangladesh on January 5, 2026.

Police described Bairagi as an active member of the banned East Bengal Communist Party and said that it appeared he was a victim of internal strife in the party. Police said that four cases are registered against Bairagi in two police stations. However, detailed description of these cases is not available.

Moni Chakraborty: At the same time, the fifth person from the Hindu community in Bangladesh was murdered on January 5, 2026. In Charsindoor market of Palash sub-district of the country, unknown assailants attacked and killed a 40-year-old grocery shop owner with a sharp weapon.

Incidents against Hindus increased after Sheikh Hasina’s coup

However, after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina’s government from power in the month of August 2024, several incidents against minority communities in Bangladesh have affected the Hindu population there. According to the census of 2022, about 1.31 crore Hindus live in Bangladesh, which is about 7.95 percent of the total population.

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The incidents of brutality against Hindus in Bangladesh are becoming more horrifying every day. After the brutal murder of Hindus, now an incident of brutality with a woman has come to light. A 40-year-old Hindu woman was gang-raped by two men and then tied to a tree and her hair was chopped off in Kaliganj area of ​​Jhenaidah district of Bangladesh. The husband of the victim woman has already died. She lives with her child in Jhenaidah district of Bangladesh.

The victim was raped by the person from whom she bought the house.

The victim has lodged a complaint at Kaliganj Police Station. According to the complaint, the person from whom the victim had purchased 3 decimal land and a two-storey house in Nadipara for Rs 20 lakh two and a half years ago, along with one of his friends, raped her. The victim is a resident of Kaliganj upazila and had purchased the house from Shahin and his brother, residents of Nadipara. After this deal, Shahil started having bad intentions towards the victim woman and also started behaving obscenely.

The brutality of breaking into Padita’s house

According to the police complaint, on Saturday (January 3, 2026) evening, when two relatives from the widow’s village had come to meet her, Shahin and his companion Hasan forcefully entered the house and raped her. After this the accused demanded 50,000 Taka (about Rs 37,000) from the victim. When the woman refused to give the money, the accused attacked her relatives and chased them away.

The accused made a video of the incident and made it viral

When the woman started screaming, the accused tied her to a tree and cut her hair. The accused also made a video of this incident and made it viral. The woman was also beaten, due to which she became unconscious, after which the local people admitted her to the hospital. Dr. Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman of the hospital said that initially the woman did not tell anything about this incident. Later during the medical examination it was found that she was raped. After this the woman lodged a complaint against Shahin and Hasan at Kaliganj Police Station.

Bilal Hussain, Additional Superintendent of Police, Jhenaidah, said, ‘We called the victim to the police station and registered her complaint. After investigation, the police will take strictest legal action against the accused.

Violence against Hindus increased in Bangladesh

Khokan Chandra Das, a Hindu man, was attacked by a mob and set on fire in Shariatpur district of Bangladesh. Khokan Das managed to escape by jumping into the pond, but died of his injuries on Saturday. On the same day a woman was raped.

On 24 December 2025, another Hindu youth, Amrit Mandal, was beaten to death by a mob in Kalimohar Union of Bangladesh. The interim government in Bangladesh led by Mohammad Yunus condemned the murder, but claimed that Mandal was an extortionist and that there was no communal aspect to his murder. 25-year-old Dipu Chandra Das was also thrashed to death by the mob on December 18 after being falsely accused of blasphemy. His body was also hanged from a tree and set on fire.

Elections are going to be held in Bangladesh in the next few days. Sheikh Hasina’s party Awami League is not taking part in this election. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Khaleda Zia has passed away, her son Tariq Rahman is a strong contender for the post of Prime Minister. Meanwhile, the cycle of violence against Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh does not seem to be stopping. There is hardly a day when there is no news of Hindus being beaten and their houses being burnt. Meanwhile, writer Taslima Nasreen, who was expelled from Bangladesh, has given a big statement.

Taslima Nasreen posted on social media platform X and wrote that there are two types of Jihadis in Bangladesh. He wrote, ‘One is a bearded, cap-wearing, madrasa-educated jihadi, while the other is a jihadi wearing western clothes and having a university degree.’

There are two kinds of jihadis in Bangladesh. One is the bearded, skullcap-wearing jihadi educated in madrasas; the other is the jihadi in Western clothes with a university degree. The work of both kinds of jihadis is the same: hostility towards India. Their dream is also the…

— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) January 4, 2026

Both jihadis have only one dream: Taslima

The writer who was deported from the country further said that the objective of both types of Jihadis is the same, and that is enmity against India. Their dream is also the same – to wage war against India and merge Bangladesh with Pakistan.

If cultural relations between Bangladesh and India are destroyed then jihadis will emerge: Taslima Nasreen

He wrote, ‘100 percent of the people of Bangladesh have not yet become Jihadis. Many people still believe in free thought, progressivism and secularism. That is why the opportunity still exists to rebuild the country as a non-communal, civilized nation. If cultural ties between Bangladesh and India are destroyed then only jihadis will emerge.

Bangladesh suffered loss due to stoppage of cricket and cinema: Taslima Nasreen

The Bangladeshi writer wrote, ‘No problem will be solved by hatred and violence. Hate should not be answered with hatred, nor with tooth and nail. There should be no more wars. Cricket should continue, theater and cinema should continue, music should continue, clothes and fashion should continue, book fairs should continue. India may not suffer much loss by stopping them, but Bangladesh will suffer a lot.

Violence, harassment and killings against minority Hindus continue in Bangladesh. Khokan Chandra Das, a 50-year-old Hindu businessman, died during treatment at the National Burn Institute in Dhaka on Saturday (January 3, 2026), who was first attacked with sharp weapons and completely bled to death and then set on fire.

According to news agency ANI, Dr. Shaon Bin Rehman, Professor of National Burn Institute, has confirmed the death of Hindu businessman Khokan Chandra Das. Khokan Chandra Das, 50, died during treatment in the hospital three days after the alleged incident.

Khokan Chandra Das kept fighting the battle of life for three days

Actually, three days ago, businessman Khokan Chandra Das was returning home by auto at night after closing his medicine shop. Meanwhile, on the way, some attackers stopped him and beat him badly. After this, they poured petrol on them and burnt them alive. However, after this incident, Khokan Das kept fighting for his life for three days with the fear of death and unbearable pain, but in the end he lost the battle of his life.

What did Bangladesh Police say regarding the matter?

According to Bangladeshi police, Khokan Chandra Das was a resident of Tiloi village of Koneshwar Union and he ran a mobile banking business along with a medicine shop in Keurbhanga market. On Wednesday (December 31, 2025) night, Das was returning home after closing his shop when the attackers attacked him on Damudya-Shariatpur Road near the market.

According to the report of Bangladeshi newspaper Prothom Alo, when the attackers attacked him and set him on fire, Khokan Das jumped into a nearby pond to save his life. When the local people heard their screams and reached the spot, all the attackers ran away from there. After this, the local people took him out of the pond and admitted him to the emergency ward of Shariatpur Sadar Hospital for treatment.

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Mustafizur Rahman is in the news right now. He will play for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2026, due to which many people are criticizing this franchise as well. The owner of this team is Shahrukh Khan, that is why some politicians and Bhagwatcharya are giving controversial statements on him, calling him a traitor. Controversy on this is increasing.

Mustafizur Rahman is the only player of Bangladesh, who was sold in the auction held for IPL 2026. It was not that only Kolkata Knight Riders wanted to buy him, because if it was so, his price would not have crossed Rs 9 crore. However, KKR included Mustafizur in their squad by making the highest bid of Rs 9.20 crore. There was not much controversy then, but why is it suddenly being opposed now?

What is the reason for the dispute?

A few days ago, there was mob lynching of two Hindu youths in Bangladesh. Both were brutally murdered. Some of its videos also went viral on social media, which increased the anger of the Indian people. The ruckus increased and then some people started raising demands on social media that when this is happening to Hindus in Bangladesh, then how can their players come to India and play after getting such a huge amount of money.

Demands started rising to ban Bangladeshi players from IPL. The controversy further increased when Devkinandan Thakur called Shahrukh Khan anti-India and anti-Hindu. BJP leader Sangeet Som called Shahrukh a traitor. After this this controversy increased further.

Will there be a IPL ban for Bangladesh players?

Currently, Pakistan is the only country whose players cannot play in the world’s biggest cricket league, IPL. Regarding Bangladesh players, a BCCI official told InsideSport that at present there is nothing due to which Bangladesh players should be banned. According to the report, he said, “Mustafizur Rahman will play IPL and Bangladesh is not an enemy country.”

This month of December was one of fear and silence for Hindus in the neighboring country Bangladesh. The brutal killing of many Hindus in just 10 days has raised concerns about regional security and human rights. Families locked in their homes, houses destroyed by fire and incidents of murder even among security forces are raising the question whether the safety of minorities is being ensured in the neighboring country and what steps can the Indian government take to stop it. Let us understand.

How many innocents were killed in 10 days?

This series of attacks on minority Hindus in Bangladesh became most intense in December. First, 27-year-old Dipu Chandra Das was beaten to death in Mymensingh district and later burnt. Authorities later said the blasphemy charge was false. A week later, 29-year-old Amrit Mandal was beaten to death by a mob in Pangsha of Rajbari district. The third incident took place in the same Mymensingh district, where 40-year-old Bajendra Biswas was shot by his Muslim colleague Noman Mian.

Dipu Chandra Das – False allegation took his life

Dipu Chandra Das worked in a garment factory in Bhaluka. Rumors were spread against him that he made objectionable remarks. At around 9 pm, a crowd of hundreds of people caught him and beat him brutally. After his death the mob tied him to a tree and burnt him. This incident is being considered the most gruesome example of increasing violence against Hindus in Bangladesh.

Amrit Mandal- Mob lynched

A week after Deepu’s murder, Amrit Mandal was murdered in Pangsha of Rajbari district. At night, some people along with him went to Shahidul’s house, then the local people raised the alarm of dacoit-robber and the mob caught hold of Amrit and started beating him. Amrit died in the hospital after being badly injured by kicks, punches and sticks.

Bajendra Biswas – No one is safe even in security forces

Bajendra Biswas, 40, who was a member of the Ansar force, was shot dead by his Muslim companion Noman Mian in Bhaluka, Mymensingh district. Biswas, posted at Sultana Sweaters Factory, became the target while on duty. His own companion shot him in the thigh and Biswas died. This incident shows that now the security personnel engaged in protecting the minorities are also in danger.

Attacks on Hindu families and burning of houses

Apart from the killings, houses of 5-6 Hindu families were set on fire in Pirojpur district. At night, when the families were sleeping, the miscreants also locked the doors from outside. The families managed to escape with their lives. Such incidents show that minority communities in Bangladesh are under constant threat.

Indian Government’s intervention and possible steps

Experts believe that the Indian government should exert diplomatic pressure to ensure the safety of minorities in Bangladesh. This could include high-level talks, joint security monitoring, and applying pressure through human rights groups. Additionally, a message can also be sent by taking temporary steps on visa policy, trade and cultural cooperation for Bangladesh in India.

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