Minor Hindu girl brutally gang-raped and killed by Muslim men in Madaripur amidst rising attacks on Hindu minorities in Bangladesh

Case ID : 30a981a | Location : Madaripur District, Bangladesh | Date of Incident : Mon, 20 July, 2026

Case ID : 30a981a

Madaripur District, Bangladesh

20 July, 2026

Minor Hindu girl brutally gang-raped and killed by Muslim men in Madaripur amidst rising attacks on Hindu minorities in Bangladesh

Attack resulting in death

Attacked for Hindu identity

Case Summary

In Madaripur, Dhaka Division of Bangladesh, a 4-year-old Hindu girl was brutally gang-raped and murdered by a group of Muslim men. The accused also threw the victim's lifeless body directly in front of her house. According to the available information, the incident came to light after videos of the victim's mother, Tanu Majumdar, went viral on social media on 21 July 2026. In the viral footage, she was seen crying and screaming in pain, begging for justice in front of influential local Muslim leaders. Nikhil Chandwani, a Hindu activist working to rescue and rehabilitate Hindu minorities in Pakistan and Bangladesh, confirmed the incident. He stated that he and his team had reached out to Tanu Majumdar to assist with her rescue. He also revealed that instead of helping the victim, Bangladeshi authorities were actively trying to suppress the matter. Furthermore, Chandwani revealed that some Muslims shared videos of the grieving mother online, openly mocking her ordeal and her daughter's tragic suffering. He strongly condemned the United Nations for maintaining silence on the issue and called on the international organisation to take a firm stand against the ongoing persecution of Hindu minorities in Bangladesh. 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 ?

The primary category selected in this case is: Attack 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, cases where the attack led to the death of the Hindu victim/s would be documented. In this case, a 4-year-old Hindu girl was brutally gang raped and murdered by a group of Muslim men, who subsequently dumped her body outside her family home. In the prevailing environment of anti-Hindu hostility in Bangladesh, the incident aligned with the broader pattern of insecurity, violence, and targeting faced by vulnerable Hindu minorities. While some may argue that the available details do not explicitly establish a religious motive for the crime, the broader context of anti-Hindu hostility, persecution, and insecurity in Bangladesh remains relevant for classification. During periods marked by sustained violence, intimidation, and targeting of Hindus based on their religious identity, the Hinduphobia Tracker applies a contextual presumption that crimes against Hindu victims may be faith-targeted, even when immediate reports do not explicitly record a religious motive or when attempts are made to portray the incident as an ordinary criminal act. 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 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 gang rape and murder of a 4-year-old Hindu girl sent shockwaves through the local Hindu community, particularly because she belonged to Bangladesh's vulnerable Hindu minority. She was gang-raped and murdered by a group of Muslim men, who then dumped her body outside her family home in an act that displayed a chilling disregard for her dignity and religious identity. The manner in which her body was abandoned compounded the trauma suffered by her grieving family and heightened fear within the local Hindu community. Rather than ensuring justice and supporting the bereaved family, the Bangladeshi authorities attempted to suppress the case. At the same time, videos of the victim's grieving mother were circulated online by Muslims, with many mocking her unimaginable suffering instead of expressing sympathy. These developments showcase that such acts were rooted in religious animosity, further proving that even the most brutal crimes against Hindus would be concealed, trivialised, or ignored. The degrading treatment of the victim, both in the handling of her body and in the public ridicule directed at her family, reflected the dehumanisation faced by Hindus in Bangladesh. Viewed against the backdrop of the continuing persecution and insecurity faced by Hindus in Bangladesh, this incident formed part of a broader pattern of violence affecting the country's Hindu minority. Although the authorities did not issue any official statement regarding motive, the victim's identity as a Hindu, the attempt to suppress the case, the public mocking of her grieving mother, and the degrading manner in which her body was dumped outside her home meant that the possibility of anti-Hindu hostility could not be conclusively ruled out on the basis of the information currently available. This case must also be assessed within Bangladesh's wider anti-Hindu environment, where Hindus frequently face intimidation, sexual violence, land-related disputes, social coercion, and physical attacks. Crimes against Hindus are often attributed to ostensibly non-religious motives or otherwise downplayed, obscuring the potential role of anti-Hindu prejudice and diverting attention from the broader pattern of discrimination and violence confronting the Hindu community. Given the prevailing environment of anti-Hindu persecution in Bangladesh, the vulnerability of Hindu women and girls, and the continuing pattern of violence against the Hindu minority, this case met the threshold for inclusion in the Hinduphobia Tracker's hate crime database.