Another Hindu dies in Bangladesh: Khokon Das succumbs to injuries 3 days after being set on fire

Hindu businessman Khokon Das, who was attacked with crisp weapons and acceptable afire successful Bangladesh, died connected Saturday portion receiving attraction successful the Natioal Burn Institute successful Dhaka.According to the quality bureau ANI, prof of the National Burn Institute Dr Shaon Bin Rahman confirmed his death.This comes 3 days aft 50-year-old Khokon Chandra Das was reportedly waylaid, beaten and doused with petrol earlier being acceptable ablazeAccording to the police, Das was a nonmigratory of Tiloi colony successful Koneshwar Union and ran a pharmacy on with a mobile banking concern astatine Keurbhanga Bazar.On Wednesday night, aft shutting his shop, helium was returning location successful an auto-rickshaw erstwhile the attackers stopped the conveyance connected the Damudya–Shariatpur roadworthy adjacent the marketplace and assaulted him. According to Prothom Alo, the miscreants attacked him with crisp weapons earlier mounting him connected fire. In a hopeless effort to prevention himself, Das jumped into a adjacent pond on the roadside.Hearing his cries, section residents rushed to the spot, forcing the attackers to flee.Locals aboriginal rescued Das and rushed him to Shariatpur Sadar Hospital, wherever helium was fixed archetypal assistance successful the exigency ward.Sima Das, the victim’s wife, said the household was struggling to recognize wherefore helium was targeted.

“My hubby returns location each nighttime aft closing his store with the day's income money. On Wednesday night, criminals attacked him. He recognised 2 of the attackers, and due to the fact that of that, they assaulted him with the volition to kill--hacking him and mounting occurrence to his caput and look aft pouring petrol connected him. We person nary enemies successful the area.

We person nary disputes with anyone implicit immoderate matter. We cannot recognize wherefore the criminals abruptly targeted my husband.”This comes amid a bid of convulsive incidents targeting members of the Hindu assemblage successful Bangladesh. Last month, 2 Hindu youths were lynched successful abstracted incidents. Dipu Chandra Das, a garment mill idiosyncratic successful Mymensingh district, was beaten to decease implicit alleged blasphemy charges connected December 18, aft which his assemblage was reportedly hanged and acceptable connected fire.Meanwhile, a Hindu younker identified arsenic Amrit Mondal was lynched successful Hosendanga colony of Kalimohor Union successful Rajbari’s Pangsha sub-district implicit an alleged extortion dispute.These incidents person triggered wide outrage and condemnation from governmental leaders, spiritual organisations and number groups successful some Bangladesh and India.