Hindus in Bangladesh

Mirajuddin was previously involved in the destruction of the idol of Saraswati idol at the Faridpur ISKCON temple in February last year. Despite his arrest at that time, he was released on grounds of 'mental unstability.'

The victims were identified as Rubel Rudra (42), Keshab Mitra Das (43) and Samir Das (45). While Samir and Rubel run laundry shops, Keshab is a priest at a Hindu temple.

The incident occurred when Arnab was drinking tea on his motorcycle near a tea stall. At that time, a group of bike-born extremists opened fire at the Hindu student and fled the crime scene. Arnab suffered a bullet injury to his head.

Islamists attacked a Durga temple and Shitala temple on Tuesday in Kashiani of Gopalganj in Bangladesh and set them on fire

Bonamali told Sahar Zand that attacks on the Hindu community take place daily, accounting for up to 8-9 cases each week in Northern Bangladesh alone.

Since returning from Bangladesh, Sumitra had been trying to get Indian citizenship. She used to visit visa offices every year. Sumitra says that many people in her neighbourhood in Bihar often advised her to go back to Bangladesh

Journalist Saugata Bose stated, "We don't know if there was just one attacker or multiple. This wasn’t a theft. Besides, nothing has been stolen. This must have been an attack for some other reason."

OHCHR stated that its 'impartial investigation' is limited to the anti-Hasina protests and the 'human rights violations' occurring in the context of it between 1st July and 15th August.

In visuals that have now surfaced on social media, it could be seen that the accused beheaded the Hindu deities. The idols were being prepared for the upcoming Hindu festival inside the premises of a temple.

In a telephone interview with news agency PTI, advocate Rabindra Ghosh said the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh is targeting Chinmoy Krishna Das since he had been vocal about the atrocities against Hindus and was actively working to unite the persecuted minorities in the country.