Hindu Auto Driver Beaten To Death in Bangladesh; With This At Least 12 Hindus Killed in 42 Days (X)
Bangladesh: A 28-year-old Hindu autorickshaw driver was beaten to death late Sunday night in Feni district of Bangladesh, police said.
The body of Samir Kumar Das was found near a subdistrict hospital after he failed to return home.
The police said that those who attacked him fled with his battery-operated autorickshaw. Early signs point to robbery as the motive, though investigations are continuing and no arrests have been reported yet.
Samir lived in the Dagonbhuiyan area of Feni and earned his living driving the autorickshaw. Relatives and neighbours said he left home on Sunday evening to work, but did not return. His body was discovered hours later by local residents who alerted police.
A police officer in Daganbhuiyana said, "Samir was murdered with country-made weapons and beaten to death. Prima facie, it appears to be a pre-planned murder. The perpetrators also looted an auto-rickshaw after the killing. The victim's family will file a First Information Report (FIR). The police have launched an operation to identify and arrest the culprits."
Police in Feni have launched a special operation to find the suspects and recover the stolen vehicle.
This killing comes amid a worrying trend of violence against Hindu minorities in parts of Bangladesh.
On January 5, a Hindu grocery owner, Moni Chakraborty, was fatally attacked with sharp weapons by unknown assailants at his shop in Narsingdi, Bangladesh, and died en route to the hospital, escalating fears among the minority community amid a series of targeted attacks. Furthermore, two more Hindu men died over the past week due to violence against religious minorities. Bangladesh authorities have launched an investigation into the matter.
Amid violent nationwide protests triggered by the death of anti-India student leader Sharif Osman Hadi, a total of 12 Hindus have reportedly been killed so far.
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