Elderly Hindu man critically injured after brutal attack by Muslim mob amidst ongoing persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh

Case ID : 30a8a04 | Location : Chittagong District, Bangladesh | Date of Incident : Tue, 26 May, 2026

Case ID : 30a8a04

Chittagong District, Bangladesh

26 May, 2026

Elderly Hindu man critically injured after brutal attack by Muslim mob amidst ongoing persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh

Attack not resulting in death

Attacked for Hindu identity

Case Summary

A Hindu man was brutally attacked in Satkania Upazila of Chattogram, Bangladesh, leaving him critically injured and spreading fear across the local Hindu community. The attack took place in Fakir Shil village under ward number three of Puranagar union. The Hindu victim was rescued in a severely injured condition and rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. The incident was made public on 27th May 2026. Local residents stated that a group led by a Muslim man, Md Moshfiqur Rahman, created a mob before launching a violent assault on the Hindu man. During the attack, the perpetrators used sharp machetes and repeatedly struck the victim, causing multiple deep injuries across his body. The assault left the Hindu man bleeding heavily before locals intervened and shifted him to the hospital for emergency medical care. Doctors and local residents confirmed that the victim sustained several serious wounds and remained in an alarming physical condition while undergoing treatment. Residents stated that the Hindu man had lived peacefully in the locality for many years before the attack took place. The brutality of the assault triggered panic and insecurity within the surrounding Hindu community. Local Hindu residents stated that the attack appeared pre-planned and that the perpetrators deliberately targeted the Hindu victim with coordinated violence. The incident generated widespread fear among Hindu families in the area, particularly because the attack was carried out publicly and with extreme brutality. Members of the local Sanatani community stated that such attacks created fear not only for one family but for the wider Hindu minority living in the locality. Human rights activists and local residents expressed concern over the attack and warned about the growing tendency of mob violence and targeted assaults against Hindus in Bangladesh. They demanded an impartial investigation and strict punishment against all individuals involved in the assault. Residents also urged the Satkania police administration to take immediate legal action and prevent further attacks against vulnerable Hindu minorities in the area. On June 3, reports emerged that the police arrested the main accused, Mohiuddin Rahman, in connection with the brutal attack and attempted murder of 78-year-old Hindu man Swapan Das Ghosh in Satkania, Chattogram. Locals stated that Mohiuddin Rahman had previously been accused of attacking and persecuting members of the Hindu community on multiple occasions. Despite reportedly being named in several cases, he remained beyond the reach of law enforcement for a prolonged period. Residents claimed that he had been able to avoid arrest due to political influence. This escalation of violence against Hindus in Bangladesh 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 incidents documented attacks on Hindu homes, temples, and religious institutions, alongside intimidation campaigns, arson, and mob assaults targeting minority neighbourhoods. The Hinduphobia Tracker recorded 336 such incidents against the Hindu minority, highlighting the scale and persistence of anti-Hindu violence during this period. A further escalation followed the death of Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, a Muslim political activist and student leader known for anti Hindu and anti India rhetoric. Hadi became involved in political unrest after the fall of the Hasina government and was killed in Dhaka on 18/12/2025 during clashes. In the aftermath of his death, Hindu communities faced retaliatory violence and intimidation across several regions of Bangladesh. Hindu homes were selectively set ablaze in multiple localities, forcing families to flee and leaving many displaced. Muslim mobs repeatedly targeted Hindu neighbourhoods, religious symbols, and minority owned properties. Among the victims was Dipu Chandra Das, who was lynched and his body 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. Public spaces also witnessed posters and written materials calling for the extermination of Hindus, reflecting an alarming normalisation of genocidal rhetoric. Combined with arson, vandalism, assault, and targeted intimidation, these incidents created an atmosphere of organised hostility directed at terrorising Hindu minorities and reinforcing majoritarian dominance. The third phase of violence intensified after the 13th National Parliamentary Election 2026. Within days of the election results, Hindu families in districts including Noakhali, Rangpur, Nilphamari, Sylhet, Thakurgaon, and Dinajpur faced coordinated attacks involving assault, looting, vandalism, and arson targeting Hindu homes and temples. In several cases, Hindu families were threatened with displacement and forced migration.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case was added to the tracker under the primary category, Attack not resulting in death. The subcategory selected was, 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 man from Satkania upazila in Chattogram, Bangladesh, was subjected to a brutal and premeditated mob assault that left him critically injured. Initially, the villagers had stated that the attack was carried out by a group led by a Muslim man, Md Moshfiqur Rahman, who organised a violent mob before launching the assault on the Hindu victim with sharp weapons. Later, the police arrested Mohiuddin Rahman in connection with the brutal attack. Villagers stated that Rahman had previously been accused of attacking and persecuting members of the Hindu community on multiple occasions. In this context, the attack assumes significance beyond a single act of violence. Villagers stated that the accused had previously targeted and persecuted members of the Hindu community, suggesting that the assault was not an isolated incident but part of a broader pattern of hostility directed towards Hindus in the locality. When an individual is repeatedly accused of targeting members of a particular religious community, subsequent acts of violence against members of that same community naturally raise questions about whether religious prejudice played a role in the selection of victims. The manner of the attack further reinforces these concerns. According to local accounts, a group was organised before the assault was carried out, indicating planning and coordination rather than a spontaneous altercation. The use of a mob and sharp weapons against an elderly Hindu man points to an intention to inflict serious harm and intimidate not only the victim but also the wider community to which he belonged. Such attacks often have an impact that extends beyond the immediate victim, creating fear and insecurity among other members of the minority community. The incident must also be viewed against the backdrop of the deteriorating security situation faced by Hindus in Bangladesh. Since August 2024, numerous incidents of violence, intimidation, attacks on homes and businesses, and assaults against Hindu individuals have been documented across the country. In such an environment, attacks on Hindus cannot always be viewed in isolation, particularly when there are reports that the perpetrators have a history of targeting members of the same religious community. Taken together, the organised nature of the assault, the severe violence inflicted on the victim, the reports of prior hostility towards Hindus, and the wider pattern of anti-Hindu incidents in Bangladesh provide reasonable grounds to examine the attack through the lens of religious targeting. For these reasons, the case has been included in the tracker as an instance of anti-Hindu violence and religiously motivated targeting of a Hindu individual. Disclaimer: The exact date of the assault was not specified in the available sources. The Hinduphobia Tracker records incident dates based on when the crime occurred rather than when it was published or circulated in the media. Since the publication date of 27th May 2026 was the only confirmed date available, it was used as the indicative incident date in the tracker for documentation purposes only. The Hinduphobia Tracker also acknowledges that multiple Muslim perpetrators were involved in the mob assault on the Hindu victim. However, as only Md Moshfiqur Rahman was explicitly identified and named in the available reports, the perpetrator count has been recorded accordingly as one, while noting that additional unnamed associates also participated in the attack.