A 50-year-old Hindu man, Khokon Das. suffered injuries after being beaten up by a mob and later set ablaze by a mob in Bangladesh, according to reports.
The alleged attack comes amid a string of vigilante violence against minorities in the country. Das was allegedly walking back home when he became the victim of attack by a mob carrying sharp weapons.
He was beaten up and then set on fire in the Shariatpur district of the country, making it the fourth case of attack on a Hindu in Bangladesh in two weeks.
On Dec. 24, another Hindu man was reportedly beaten to death by a mob in the country’s Rajbari district at around 11 p.m. The person, identified as Amrit Mondal was also known as Samrat, and had suffered grave injuries by the time police reached the scene, The Daily Star’s report outlined.
Resident of the same village, Samrat was reportedly rushed to Pangsha Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared him dead around 2 a.m.
News of Mondal’s killing came days after a Hindu man, Dipu Chandra Das was lynched and his body was reportedly set ablaze.
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