Case Summary

In Adarshpara, Lalmonirhat city in Bangladesh, a Hindu family was brutally attacked by a group of Muslim men. The accused also vandalised the victim's house and robbed all valuable belongings. According to information available, a Muslim man named Nur Nabi and his Muslim gang committed this crime. The accused stabbed all the members of the Hindu family with sharp weapons and fled. The accused also vandalised and damaged the victim's house. As per a video that is spreading viral on social media, one of the victims, Anjoli, said that she and her family had done nothing wrong. On the day of the incident, the Muslim accused broke into her house, vandalised it, robbed valuables, attacked them with sharp weapons and fled the spot. Locals recovered the Hindu victims and took them to a nearby hospital. Later, they were referred to the Rangpur Medical College and Hospital for better treatment. This escalation of violence against Hindus in Bangladesh has unfolded in three distinct phases: first, following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina’s government in August 2024; second, after the death of Sharif Osman Bin Hadi in December 2025; and third, in the immediate aftermath of the 13th National Parliamentary Election 2026. Following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, multiple reports documented attacks on Hindu homes, temples, and religious institutions, alongside intimidation campaigns, arson, and mob assaults targeting minority neighbourhoods. The Hinduphobia tracker has recorded 336 such incidents against the Hindu minority, underscoring the scale and persistence of anti-Hindu violence during this period. A further escalation occurred following the death of Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, a Muslim political activist and student leader known for his anti-Hindu and anti-India rhetoric. Hadi had been involved in political unrest after the fall of the Hasina government and was killed in Dhaka on 18 December 2025 during clashes. In the aftermath of his death, Hindu communities were blamed and subsequently targeted in retaliatory violence. Hindu homes were selectively set ablaze in multiple localities, forcing families to flee and leaving many displaced. The attacks appeared patterned rather than sporadic, with Muslim mobs focusing on Hindu neighbourhoods, properties, and religious symbols. Among the victims was Dipu Chandra Das, who was lynched to death and his body was set ablaze by a Muslim mob over false blasphemy allegations. The Hinduphobia tracker documented 51 incidents of anti-Hindu violence in the period following Hadi’s death alone. Such incidents underscore the vulnerability of the Hindu minority amid rising communal hostility and the weaponisation of religious accusations. Reports further indicated that posters and written materials calling for the extermination of Hindus were displayed in public spaces, signalling an alarming normalisation of genocidal rhetoric. When combined with acts of arson, vandalism, assault, and targeted intimidation, these developments suggest a coordinated environment of hostility aimed at terrorising the Hindu community and reinforcing majoritarian dominance. The third phase of violence was unleashed after the 13th National Parliamentary Election 2026. Within days of the announcement of results, Hindu families in districts such as Noakhali, Rangpur, Nilphamari, Sylhet, Thakurgaon, and Dinajpur reported coordinated attacks involving arson, looting, assault, and vandalism of temples and homes. In several instances, Hindu homes were selectively targeted, looted, and families were threatened with displacement.

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Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case is added to the tracker under the primary category- Attack not resulting in death. The subcategory selected is- Attacked for Hindu identity. In several cases, Hindus are attacked merely for their Hindu identity without any perceived provocation. A classic example of this category of religiously motivated hate crime is a murder in 2016. 7 ISIS terrorists were convicted for shooting a school principal in Kanpur because they got ‘triggered’ seeing the Kalava on his wrist and tilak that he had put. In this, the Hindu victim had offered no provocation except for his Hindu religious identity. The motivation for the murder was purely religious, driven by religious supremacy. Such cases where Hindus are targeted merely for their religious identity would be documented as a hate crime under this category. In this case, a Hindu family in Adarshpara, Lalmonirhat city in Bangladesh, faced brutal knife violence by a group of Muslim men led by Nur Nabi. The accused stabbed all members of the Hindu family with sharp weapons, vandalised and damaged their house, and committed robbery before fleeing. In the prevailing environment of anti-Hindu hostility in Bangladesh, this incident aligns with the wider pattern of violence affecting Hindus. While some may argue that the case details do not explicitly state a religious motive, the broader context of anti‑Hindu persecution in Bangladesh remains relevant for classification. During periods of sustained violence against Hindus based on religious identity, the Hinduphobia Tracker applies a contextual presumption that attacks on Hindu victims are likely faith‑targeted, even when the immediate report does not record a specific religious marker. In such periods, the normalisation of religious hostility and the dehumanisation of minorities can contribute to crimes against them without perpetrators openly stating a motive. For the purpose of documenting the 2024 to 2026 ethnic cleansing of Hindus in Bangladesh and the subsequent persecution after the political exile of Sheikh Hasina, the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, and the 13th National Parliamentary Election 2026, the Hinduphobia Tracker records such incidents as likely religiously motivated at the point of entry. If any case is later established through credible investigation or court findings to stem from motivations other than religious hostility, it will be revised or removed from the hate crime database. The savagery of this attack, where a Hindu family was stabbed with sharp weapons and their house vandalised while one victim, Anjoli, stated they had done nothing wrong, mirrors dozens of reported anti-Hindu pogroms during this period, supporting contextual classification as faith-driven violence absent contradictory evidence. The case warrants documentation as probable religious targeting, given the victims' Hindu minority status, the disproportionate Muslim mob response involving stabbing and robbery, and Bangladesh's persecution pattern, while remaining open to new evidence. This Lalmonirhat assault must be viewed within Bangladesh's documented anti-Hindu ecosystem, where random violence frequently serves as a pretext for attacking vulnerable Hindu families. The targeted involvement of Muslim men demonstrates calculated religious intimidation, making Hindu homesteads precarious targets. The victim Anjoli's family joins countless Hindu households facing existential threats where their religious identity becomes a liability. Given Bangladesh's sustained anti-Hindu persecution environment, this case meets all thresholds for inclusion in the Hinduphobia Tracker's hate crime database. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incident dates based on when the crime occurs rather than when it is reported by the media. In this case, the media report has not stated the exact date when the crime occurred. Therefore, 9 May 2026, the earliest date of media publication, has been selected as the indicative incident date. This is recorded for documentation purposes only. In this case, although multiple Hindus are the victims, the total number of victims has not been specified. Anjoli is the only person explicitly mentioned by name. Therefore, the victim count has been recorded as one (1). This is a conservative estimate documented for record-keeping purposes only. In this case, although the reports state that multiple Muslims attacked the Hindu family, the total number of perpetrators has not been specified. Only Nur Nabi has been explicitly specified by name. Therefore, the perpetrator count has been recorded as one (1). This conservative estimate is recorded for documentation purposes only.