Local human rights body spotlights growing atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh

Dhaka: The Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) on Friday highlighted a recent brutal communal attack in the country where more than 18 homes belonging to Hindu families were looted, vandalised, and set on fire in the southwestern Abhaynagar Upazila.

Demanding justice, the rights body submitted fresh evidence to the International Criminal Court (ICC), alleging complicity at the highest levels of the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus.

The HRCBM revealed a harrowing series of images that showed the devastation left by the communal attack, including burned-out shells, collapsed structures, blackened walls, and scorched possessions of the minority Hindu community in the country.

The destruction, it stated, was inflicted by a mob from the local Muslim-majority population, and forced entire families to flee, leaving behind smoldering ruins and deserted village streets.

“The violence erupted late on May 24, 2025, after Torikul Islam, President of the opposition Krishak Dal in Jessore, was hacked and shot dead over a land dispute involving a fish enclosure. Though authorities initially linked the murder to personal and property tensions, the killing swiftly ignited communal violence,” the HRCBM stated. (IANS)Russia wants to end the war in Ukraine “as soon as possible,” preferably through peaceful means, and is ready to continue negotiations, provided that Kyiv and its Western allies are willing to engage, Putin added. (IANS)

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