Seven murders in 19 days. It started on 18 December 2025 with the brutal killing of Dipu Chandra Das of Bhaluka and it ends (for now) with the fatal shooting of businessman-cum-journalist Rana Pratap Bairagi in Manirampur, Jessore, on 6 January 2026. On the same day, Mithun Sarkar died by jumping into a pond in Nagaon to escape mob lynching. On January 5, Narsingdi shopkeeper Mani Chakraborty was hacked to death.

Mani owned a grocery store. He was in his shop around 10 pm when he was suddenly attacked with sharp weapons. Mani was seriously injured; though locals took him to the hospital, he was declared dead on arrival. The murder in a crowded market triggered deep fears in the neighbourhood.

Bengali news: https://share.google/bVJeB1y75lnADJRm3

There is no reason to think that this caravan of death is over. Tawhidis (zealots) can start it anytime if they think their religion is in danger or if they see a red thread on the wrists of any Hindu. No excuse is necessary to kill a Hindu in Bangladesh. How long will this go on? The government, the administration, the media, the courts, and the people are not in favour of Hindus, in fact everyone is anti-Hindu.  

The Hindu population of Bangladesh lives in constant fear. A nation cannot survive in fear. There is no way to survive except to resist the perpetrators. In the words of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, ‘build forts in every house, fight the enemy with whatever you have’.

A Hindu youth, Mithun Sarkar (25), son of Pinku Sarkar of Bhandarpur village, Mahadevpur upazila, Nagaon, died after jumping into a ditch after being chased by locals on suspicion of being a thief. According to police and local sources, Mithun was chased by some youths at Chakgauri Hat around 1 pm that day. He ran to save his life and jumped into a creek beside the market, and disappeared. Police recovered his body from Chakgauri Bazar area of the upazila on the afternoon of 6 January.

Ruposhi Bangla Television Online reported on 07 January 2026 that the DNA newspaper reported on 6 January 2026 reported that an attack an ice factory owner was shot dead in public in the Monirampur area of Jessore (Prothom Alo). Local media said Rana Pratap Bairagi, owner of an ice manufacturing factory in Kapalia Bazar, Monirampur, also served as the acting editor of the newspaper ‘Dainik BD Khobor’ published from Narail.

https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-bangladesh-violence-hindu-factory-owner-shot-dead-by-assailants-6th-murder-in-18-days-3196102

ANI/PTI reported that Hindu businessperson Khokon Chandra Das, 50 was brutally attacked, hacked, and set on fire by unidentified miscreants on the night 31 December 2025, near his home in Shariatpur. The victim jumped into a nearby pool to escape. Later, he was hospitalized but succumbed to his injuries on 3 January 2026. In hospital, Khokon named his attackers.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/hindu-businessman-khokon-das-dies-three-days-after-attack-in-bangladesh/article70467339.ece

Bajendra Biswas (42), a garment worker deployed as a security guard was shot dead by a colleague inside the garment factory, Sultana Sweaters Limited, in Mymensingh district, on 28 December 2025. Sultana Sweaters is a Labib Group factory located in the Bhaluka upazila area. Bajendra was an Ansar member (voluntary village defence party) posted at the factory. Police said the accused, Noman Mia (29), was also serving as an Ansar member at the same unit.

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/hindu-garment-worker-shot-by-colleague-inside-bangladesh-factory-third-such-killing-in-2-weeks-2844010-2025-12-30

Amrit Mandal (alias Samrat) 30, identified as a top-tier criminal and accused of extortion, was beaten to death by a group of villagers in Rajbari district late night on 24 December 2025. Police said the deceased had arrived in the area to demand extortion money and engaged in a violent clash with an enraged local mob. Police found him in a critical condition and shifted him to a local hospital, where he was declared dead in the early hours of the morning, according to The Daily Star.

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/a-hindu-man-was-beaten-to-death-by-a-mob-in-bangladesh-police-said-the-attack-was-linked-to-an-extortion-bid-2841751-2025-12-25

Dipu Chandra Das, 27, was lynched, dragged through the street, hanged on a tree, and set fire on 18 December 2025. The New York Times reported, Lynching of a Hindu in Bangladesh fans fears of rising intolerance’ (22 December 2025). The newspaper said that Muslim co-workers accused the garment factory worker of blasphemy and dragged him into the street, where an angry mob murdered him in front of hundreds of people called ‘Towhidi Janata’ (militants).

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/world/asia/bangladesh-hindu-muslim-lynching.html

Govinda Biswas was lucky and survived with a beating. A rickshaw puller, Govinda was beaten by a mob in Jhenaidah district on 19 December 2025 after onlookers noticed a sacred red thread (traditionally worn by Hindus) on his wrist and began circulating rumours about his alleged intentions. According to local accounts, he was pulled from his vehicle and assaulted near the Jhenaidah municipality gate by a group that attacked him solely because of the red thread on his wrist. Rumours were spread insinuating he might be involved in espionage or other suspicious activity. Though brutally assaulted, he survived.

https://hindupost.in/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=track&action=click&data=WyI0MTg4IiwidzNseGU3bnFsNDBrd2cwOHcwNDhza29nbzg4b3dnbzgiLCI1NTQ5IiwiM2MyNmEwZGNhYTA4IixmYWxzZV0

I will conclude with the story of the brutal torture of a Hindu widow in Kaliganj on 05 January 2026. The woman has a young son. She was raped by two men, slandered, and tied her to a tree and her hair chopped. A video was circulated on social media. One of the culprits has been named as Shaheen. The rape occurred in her house with her son confined to another room.

https://www.dhakastream.net/bangladesh/woman-raped-tied-tree-jhenaidah-1-arrested-189555

This is today’s Bangladesh. This is Hindu cleansing.

The author is a New York-based columnist and human rights defender, playing a pivotal role against the persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh. A Bangladeshi immigrant, Guha advocates against the injustices committed against the Hindus and to make Bangladesh a pluralistic democracy.