Hindu woman raped; her house vandalised by armed Muslim mob

Case ID : b45f363 | Location : Satkhira District, Bangladesh | Date of Incident : Sun, 4 August, 2024
Case ID : b45f363
location Satkhira District, Bangladesh
date 4 August, 2024
Hindu woman raped; her house vandalised by armed Muslim mob
Attack not resulting in death
Attacked for Hindu identity

Case Summary

Since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government on August 5, 2024, the Hindu minority community in Bangladesh has been targeted and several temples have been destroyed in the area in a major crackdown on Hindus. Amidst this, a mob of 30-35 Islamists attacked a Hindu woman's home while her husband was hospitalized. During the attack, one of the assailants dragged her to a cowshed and raped her, silencing her by covering her mouth. The incident happened in Daspara in Bangladesh's Satkhira district. The heavily armed mob also looted all her valuables and ransacked her house. Mominul Islam, the in-charge of Tala Police Station, claimed to be unaware of the incident.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case has been classified as a religiously motivated hate crime and added to the database under its prime category of- Attack not resulting in death. Within this, the sub-category 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. When there is an ongoing ethnic cleansing based on religious identity, every crime in and of itself is assumed to be motivated by the same religious animosity even if there is a lack of specific religious marker in the immediate crime. During an ongoing ethnic cleansing, the dehumanisation of people based on their religious identity and the normalisation of religious hostility drives the crimes committed against them even when there is a lack of stated religious motive. For the purpose of documenting the 2024 ethnic cleansing of Hindus in Bangladesh, the Hinduphobia Tracker is assuming religious motivation ab initio. If a case is specifically and beyond reasonable doubt proven to be driven by motivations other than religious hostility, it will post-facto be removed from the hate crime database.

Victim Details

Total Victim

1

Deceased

0


Gender

  • Male 0
  • Female 1
  • Third Gender 0
  • Unknown 0

Caste

  • SC/ST 0
  • OBC 0
  • General 0
  • Unknown 1

Age Group

  • Minor 0
  • Adult 1
  • Senior Citizen 0
  • Unknown 0
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Case Status


Unknown

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Perpetrators Details

Perpetrators


Muslim Extremists

Perpetrators Range


From 10 to 100

Perpetrators Gender


male

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