Hindu boy associated with Hindu organisations found dead in mysterious circumstances in Bangladesh amidst rampant Hindu persecution

Case ID : 9957e33 | Location : Rangpur Division, Bangladesh | Date of Incident : Sun, 6 July, 2025

Case ID : 9957e33

Rangpur Division, Bangladesh

6 July, 2025

Hindu boy associated with Hindu organisations found dead in mysterious circumstances in Bangladesh amidst rampant Hindu persecution

Undecided cases

Murder of Hindus in Muslim majority nations

Attacked/Killed for Hindu identity

Case Summary

In Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila in the Rangpur Division of Bangladesh, a 20-year-old Hindu man named Tushar Chandra Roy was found dead at the staff quarters of a hospital. According to media reports, the deceased victim is a resident of Pirgacha Upazila in Rangpur. He used to stay with his aunt Janaki Bala Sarkar. Reports also suggest that he was associated with Hindu organisations. On the day of the incident, he was found hanging under mysterious circumstances inside the staff quarters of the 250-bed hospital. Janaki saw Roy's dead body hanging from the ceiling. She swiftly brought down the victim’s body, with the hope that he would be alive. Following this, Janaki quickly informed the police, who then took his body to the Sadar Hospital for autopsy. A note was discovered next to his body. The incident took place when Janaki went to the hospital for duty. Her son, Kaushik, who used to sleep beside the deceased victim, had gone out for 35 minutes. When he returned to the hospital staff quarters, Kaushik learnt about Roy's mysterious death. Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station OC Nurunnabi initially claimed that it was a case of suicide, but later he stated that the exact cause of death could be ascertained only after the post-mortem report. This case serves as a stark reminder of the continued persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh, which has only increased manifold since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government on August 5, 2024. After her violent ouster, Bangladesh plunged into chaos as Islamist extremists have taken advantage of the political turmoil to unleash a wave of terror and violence against the Hindu community. The Islamist mobs have attacked Hindu homes, burned them to the ground, and abducted women in a horrific descent into anarchy. Several temples have been destroyed in various parts of the Islamic country in a major crackdown on Hindus. Reports have exposed how Muslim students forced around 60 Hindu teachers, professors, and government officials to resign. Exiled Bangladeshi activist Asad Noor has also revealed that the minority Hindu community is now being coerced into joining ‘Jamaat-e-Islami’. Hindu religious events have been repeatedly targeted. On 6th September, a procession carrying Lord Ganesha’s idol was attacked in Chittagong. Ahead of Durga Puja, multiple incidents of idol vandalism occurred, including attacks in Mymensingh, Pabna, Rajshahi, Kishoreganj, and Dhaka. On 29th November, a violent Muslim mob attacked three temples in Patharghata, Chittagong, immediately after Jumma Namaz. The crackdown on Hindu voices has also escalated. On 30th November, Hindu journalist Munni Saha was arrested in Dhaka. Muslim mob attacks have increased in Bangladesh, for example, on 22nd May 2025, a Muslim mob carried out arson attacks selectively on Hindu homes in Dahar Mashihati village in Abhaynagar upazila in Jessore district of Bangladesh. Even ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Prabhu and his aides have been targeted, and attempts have been made to ban ISKCON and suppress Hindu protests through sedition charges. These arbitrary actions point to a systematic pattern of persecution under Muhammad Yunus’s interim government.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

The removal of Sheikh Hasina from power in Bangladesh on August 5, 2024, escalated the persecution and marginalisation of the Hindu minority in the predominantly Islamic nation, intensifying what can be described as a silent genocide. Since her exile, Muslim radicals have carried out unchecked atrocities against Hindus, including physical violence, the destruction of temples and religious symbols, and the systematic displacement of Hindus from their ancestral lands. Hundreds of attacks on Hindu temples, shops, and businesses have been recorded following Sheikh Hasina's removal as Prime Minister. Many Hindus have been brutally murdered or injured in Muslim mob attacks. Amidst this, reports emerged of a Hindu man associated with Hindu organisations found dead in mysterious circumstances. Given the broader pattern of religiously motivated violence in Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority country, it would not be unreasonable to suspect that the deceased victim was targeted and killed due to his Hindu identity, since it is also mentioned that the deceased was associated with a Hindu organisation. This case has the potential to be classified as a religiously motivated hate crime, particularly considering the victim's religious background and association and the escalated persecution and marginalisation of the Hindu minority in the predominantly Islamic nation. However, at present, there is no explicit evidence indicating a religious motive, nor has the deceased victim's family or police indicated any religious animosity as a motivating factor behind his death. Due to these factors, the case has currently been placed in the 'Undecided' database. If any further information emerges suggesting religious intent behind the death of the Hindu man, it will be reassessed and added to the hate crime database.