Two Hindu Men Killed in Bangladesh Within 24 Hours Amid Growing Attacks on Minorities
By India New England News -January 6, 2026031
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Two Hindu men were killed in separate incidents within a 24-hour period in Bangladesh, underscoring a growing wave of violence against religious minorities, particularly members of the Hindu community, according to local media reports.
The first victim, identified as 40-year-old Sarat Chakraborty Mani, was fatally attacked Monday night in Narsingdi district near Dhaka. Local residents and eyewitnesses told Bangladeshi weekly Blitz that Mani was running his grocery shop at Charsindur Bazaar in Palash Upazila when unidentified assailants suddenly attacked him with sharp weapons. He was critically injured and died while being taken to a hospital.
In a separate incident the same day, a Hindu businessman was shot dead in public in Monirampur Upazila of Jashore district. The victim, 38-year-old Rana Pratap Bairagi, owned an ice manufacturing factory in Kapalia Bazar and was also serving as the acting editor of the Bangladeshi newspaper Dainik BD Khobor, published from Narail.
According to local residents and police cited by Bengali daily Prothom Alo, three assailants arrived on a motorcycle around 5:45 p.m. on Monday, called Bairagi out of his factory, took him to a nearby lane, and shot him in the head at close range before fleeing the scene.
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