By Admin 
Bangladesh police have announced a reward for information about the attackers who set fire to the house of a Hindu family near the south-eastern port city of Chittagong. Mob lynching has emerged as a major crisis in the changing political scenario of Bangladesh.
Ittefaq newspaper reported in its report on Thursday (December 25, 2025) that Chittagong Range Police Chief Ahsan Habib offered the reward while visiting the burnt house of Sukh Shil and Anil Shil in Rawajan area on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday (December 24, 2025) night. However, he did not give information about the prize money.
According to the report, on the night of Tuesday (December 23, 2025), unknown miscreants set the house on fire, but the people living in the house narrowly escaped. Family members said they woke up early in the morning feeling the heat of the fire, but were initially unable to get out as the doors were locked from outside. Eight members of both the families were able to get out of the burning house by cutting the tin sheets and bamboo fence.
Houses of seven Hindu families burnt to ashes in Raojan
According to the report of Business Standard, last week several incidents of arson targeting the houses of Hindu families took place in the same area. Police said five suspects have been arrested and a special security team has been formed to ensure security in the area. According to the report, in the last five days, houses of seven Hindu families were burnt in three different areas of Raojan.
Five suspects arrested in the raid – Sajidul Islam
Raojan police station in-charge Sajidul Islam said that so far five suspects have been arrested in the police raid and the search for others is going on. The police held a meeting with local influential people to ensure inter-religious harmony and maintain social vigilance against perpetrators of such heinous crimes. Last week, 28-year-old Hindu youth Dipu Chandra Das was beaten to death by a mob by hanging him from a tree and set on fire on charges of blasphemy in Mymensingh area.
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