71 blasphemy-linked cases in 6 months, says rights group

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After the lynching of Hindu garment employee Dipu Chandra Das, mobs torched not less than 5 Hindu houses in Pirojpur’s Dumritala village. Victims escaped by slicing tin and bamboo partitions. Police arrested 5 suspects.

Bangladesh Hindus protest. (File Image)

The assaults on Hindus in Bangladesh haven’t ceased even after the cruel mob lynching of garment manufacturing unit employee Dipu Chandra Das in the Mymensingh district. In what could also be referred to as a focused assault, not less than 5 homes of Hindu households have been set on hearth by mobs in the Dumritala village of the Pirojpur district. If media experiences are to be believed, the miscreants allegedly stuffed material into one of many rooms and set it ablaze; the fireplace unfold quickly by the home and shortly engulfed different homes in the neighborhood as properly. The native authorities haven’t given the precise reason behind the fireplace. 

Attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh

The victims’ relations advised the native media that they have been initially trapped inside, because the doorways had been locked from the skin after they woke as much as hearth in the early hours. However, they by some means lower by the tin sheets and bamboo fencing and escaped the fireplace. But their homes and belongings have been utterly charred to ashes, and their pets have been killed.

Mohammad Manzur Ahmed Siddiqui, Superintendent of Police, Pirojpur, reached the location of the incident and guaranteed the complainants that the police would promptly examine the case. The police have arrested 5 suspects. 

Bangladesh minority violence

Instead of accepting the bottom realities and assuring the security and safety of the minorities of the nation, the Bangladesh interim authorities has rejected India’s concern as an “exaggerated narrative.” In a press release, it mentioned, “The Government of Bangladesh categorically rejects any inaccurate, exaggerated, or motivated narratives that misrepresent Bangladesh’s longstanding tradition of communal harmony.”
Earlier, India condemned the lynching of 27-year-old Hindu garment employee Dipu Chandra Das in Mymensingh on December 18.

Blasphemy allegations in opposition to Bangladesh Hindus

However, these are usually not remoted incidents; somewhat, these incidents present a trending sample of assault on minorities, notably Hindus. According to the Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM), not less than 71 incidents associated to blasphemy allegations in opposition to Hindu minorities have been reported in Bangladesh from June to December this yr. In its report, the human rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) mentioned that 220 individuals have been attacked and killed by mobs throughout Bangladesh between August 2024 and September 2025.