Hindu businessman beaten to death in Bangladesh

DHAKA: In different incidental of deadly unit against the minorities, a Hindu businessman was beaten to decease astatine Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur connected Saturday, heightening fears successful the Hindu assemblage up of the nationalist election.Police and section residents identified the unfortunate arsenic Liton Chandra Ghosh, alias Kali. The 55-year-old owned Baishakhi Sweetmeat and Hotel. Police person detained 3 radical successful transportation with the decease They were identified arsenic Swapan Mia (55), woman Majeda Khatun (45) and lad Masum Mia (28), according to Md Zakir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj constabulary station. Family members of the unfortunate said Masum had gone to the edifice astir 11.00 americium and became progressive successful an statement with a edifice employee, Ananta Das, implicit a trivial matter.

Later, Masum's parents arrived astatine the scene, and the quality escalated into a carnal altercation. When edifice proprietor Liton Chandra Ghosh attempted to intervene and calm the situation, helium was assaulted. He was yet struck connected the caput with a shovel, sidesplitting him connected the spot.In Dec, Dipu Chandra Das, a 27-year-old garment worker, was beaten to decease by a mob implicit alleged blasphemy.Rights groups person reported astatine slightest 51 incidents of unit against Hindus, including 10 killings. Bangladesh's interim govt and each governmental parties should perpetrate to ensuring sex equality and protecting number rights, said Subhajit Saha, elder coordinator, Women's Rights Division astatine Human Rights Watch (HRW).