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A brutal onslaught connected a Hindu businessman successful Bangladesh’s Shariatpur territory connected New Year’s Eve has near him warring for his beingness aft helium was assaulted by a radical of miscreants and acceptable connected fire, triggering caller interest implicit a spate of caller mob unit incidents successful the country.
The incidental took spot astir 9.30 p.m. successful the Damudya area, adjacent Keurbhanga Bazar successful the Koneshwar Union. The victim, 50-year-old Khokon Chandra Das, was reportedly waylaid, beaten and doused with petrol earlier being acceptable ablaze, reported quality bureau ANI, citing Prothom Alo.Das was aboriginal shifted to Dhaka for precocious attraction arsenic his information worsened, the study said.Police sources said Das is simply a nonmigratory of Tiloi colony successful Koneshwar Union and runs 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. He was referred to Dhaka aboriginal that nighttime for precocious attraction owed to the seriousness of his injuries.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.”Nazrul Islam, a doc astatine the exigency section of Shariatpur Sadar Hospital, said the unfortunate had aggregate injuries erstwhile helium was brought in.
He added that 1 abdominal wounded was peculiarly serious, prompting doctors to notation him to Dhaka. Das besides suffered pain injuries connected his face, the backmost of his caput and his hands.Mohammad Rabiul Haque, Officer-in-Charge of Damudya Police Station, said constabulary swung into enactment aft receiving accusation astir the attack. “After receiving accusation astir a violent onslaught connected a businessman astatine Keurbhanga Bazar, we went to the scene.
The names of 2 of the attackers person been identified. They are section residents Rabbi and Sohag. Efforts are underway to apprehension them. We are besides trying to place others who whitethorn beryllium progressive successful the incident,” helium said, arsenic quoted by Prothom Alo.The onslaught 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.In different case, 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.
