Hindu man brutally attacked and robbed by Muslims in Bagerhat amid ongoing persecution of Hindu minorities in Bangladesh

Case ID : 30a90e4 | Location : Bagerhat District, Bangladesh | Date of Incident : Sun, 14 June, 2026

Case ID : 30a90e4

Bagerhat District, Bangladesh

14 June, 2026

Hindu man brutally attacked and robbed by Muslims in Bagerhat amid ongoing persecution of Hindu minorities in Bangladesh

Attack not resulting in death

Attacked for Hindu identity

Case Summary

In Mongla, Bagerhat District, Khulna Division, Bangladesh, a Hindu man, Dhiman Mondal, was brutally attacked, robbed, and seriously injured by a Muslim man named Nayan Akon, son of Aziz, and his accomplices. The incident took place on Monday, 15 June 2026, in front of Bangladesh Hotel near Dulal's tea stall in Ward No. 3 of Mongla Municipality. Dhiman Mondal, son of the late Sukumar Mondal and a resident of Ward No. 2 of Mithakhali Union in Mongla Upazila, sustained severe injuries in the attack and was admitted to Khulna 250-Bed General Hospital for treatment. According to local sources, Dhiman Mondal had been subjected to extortion demands from a local group for a prolonged period. On the day of the incident, after he refused to pay extortion money, Nayan Akon, son of the late Aziz and a resident of Ward No. 3 of Mongla Municipality, launched a violent assault on him using locally made weapons. Local residents identified Nayan Akon as a criminal, extortionist, drug dealer, and land grabber. During the attack, Dhiman Mondal was left severely injured and covered in blood. The assailants then robbed him of cash, a mobile phone, and other valuable belongings before fleeing the scene. As the victim's condition rapidly deteriorated, local residents rescued him and rushed him to Khulna 250-Bed General Hospital for emergency treatment. The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Welfare Front, Bagerhat District Branch, strongly condemned and protested the incident. In a joint statement, Convener Pradip Basu Santu and Member Secretary Shimul Chandra Roy described the attack and robbery against an innocent person as an extremely heinous crime. They demanded that the administration immediately arrest the principal accused, Nayan Akon, along with all other perpetrators involved in the incident and ensure exemplary punishment. The organisation further warned that strict protest programmes would be announced if the authorities failed to take effective action and ensure the safety and security of ordinary citizens, including members of the Hindu community. Preparations were underway to file a case regarding the attack, while the local police administration launched operations to arrest the accused. 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.

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 the 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, Dhiman Mondal, was brutally attacked, robbed, and seriously injured by a Muslim man, Nayan Akon, and his accomplices in Mongla, Bagerhat District, Bangladesh. In the prevailing environment of anti-Hindu hostility and insecurity in Bangladesh, the incident aligns with the broader pattern of violence, intimidation, extortion, and targeting faced by vulnerable Hindu minorities. While some may argue that the available details point towards extortion, criminal activity, or local disputes and do not explicitly establish a religious motive, the broader context of anti-Hindu hostility, persecution, and insecurity in Bangladesh remains relevant for classification. During periods marked by sustained violence, intimidation, land-grabbing, extortion, and targeting of Hindus based on their religious identity, the Hinduphobia Tracker applies a contextual presumption that attacks on Hindu victims may be faith-targeted, even when immediate reports attribute the violence to criminal or financial motives and do not record an explicit religious motive. In such circumstances, the vulnerability of Hindu communities and the normalisation of hostility towards religious minorities can contribute to attacks occurring without perpetrators openly expressing religious intent. For the purpose of documenting the 2024–2026 ethnic cleansing of Hindus in Bangladesh and the subsequent persecution following 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 attack generated concern among local Hindus because the victim belonged to a vulnerable religious minority community. According to local sources, Dhiman Mondal had been subjected to extortion demands for a prolonged period and was violently assaulted after refusing to comply. The brutal attack, which left him seriously injured and hospitalised, followed by the robbery of his cash, mobile phone, and other valuables, reinforced existing fears among Hindus living in an environment already characterised by recurring incidents of anti-Hindu hostility, intimidation, extortion, land-related coercion, and violence. This incident must also be viewed within Bangladesh's broader anti-Hindu environment, where Hindu minorities frequently face insecurity, intimidation, extortion, land-grabbing attempts, social pressure, and violence. Attacks on Hindus are often attributed to ostensibly non-religious causes such as criminal activity, extortion, property disputes, personal disagreements, or other local conflicts, thereby obscuring the possibility of underlying religious hostility. In many instances, such explanations can divert attention from the broader pattern of discrimination and violence faced by Hindu minorities. The assault on Dhiman Mondal contributed to feelings of insecurity within the local Hindu community and reinforced the reality of vulnerability, irrespective of whether the perpetrators explicitly stated a religious motive. Given the prevailing anti-Hindu persecution environment in Bangladesh and the continuing pattern of violence affecting vulnerable Hindu minorities, this case meets the threshold for inclusion in the Hinduphobia Tracker's hate crime database. Disclaimer: Although multiple perpetrators were involved in this attack, only the principal accused, Nayan Akon, was specifically identified in the available reports. The exact number of additional accomplices involved in the assault was not stated. Accordingly, an indicative perpetrator count of one perpetrator, referring solely to Nayan Akon, has been recorded. This represents a conservative estimate adopted for documentation and data-recording purposes only and should not be interpreted as reflecting the total number of individuals involved in the incident.