Hindu man brutally lynched to death by mob in Bangladesh amidst ongoing persecution of Hindus

Case ID : d326ec2 | Location : Rajbari District, Bangladesh | Date of Incident : Tue, 23 December, 2025

Case ID : d326ec2

Rajbari District, Bangladesh

23 December, 2025

Hindu man brutally lynched to death by mob in Bangladesh amidst ongoing persecution of Hindus

Attack resulting in death

Attacked for Hindu identity

Case Summary

A 29-year-old Hindu man named Amrit Mandal, also known as Amrit Mondol or Samrat, was lynched by a mob in Bangladesh's Rajbari district late on the night of 24 December 2025. He was brutally killed by the mob over allegations of attempted extortion. The incident occurred in the old market area of Hosendanga village in Pangsha Upazila around 11 pm. Officer-in-Charge Sheikh Mainul Islam of Pangsha Police Station stated that Mandal and his associates allegedly demanded money from a local resident's home. When refused, they went to the resident's house on 24 December 2025. The homeowner was absent, and they allegedly assaulted his son. Neighbours raised an alarm, shouting "robber, robber". This prompted locals to gather and attack Mandal. He died at the scene from the beating. His accomplices fled, but one associate, Selim Sheikh, was caught by the mob carrying two firearms, a pistol and a single-shot gun, and was handed over to the police. Local police claimed that Amrit Mandal, son of Akshoy Mandal and a resident of the same village, was the leader of a local criminal gang known as "Samrat Bahini". Police records showed that he had multiple cases filed against him, including murder, and had been involved in activities such as extortion in the area. He had reportedly fled to India during the previous Awami League government but returned recently. Police recovered Mandal's body from the scene and sent it to the hospital, where he was declared dead. His body was then sent for post-mortem examination. Selim Sheikh was arrested, and authorities prepared to file cases related to the incident, including charges against those involved in the mob violence. A fresh wave of anti-Hindu violence prevailed across Bangladesh following the death of Sharif Osman Bin Hadi. This escalation occurred against the backdrop of ongoing anti-Hindu violence that had persisted since the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government in August 2024, during which Hindu homes, temples, and religious spaces were repeatedly attacked, and the Hindu community faced intimidation, arson, and mob attacks. In the aftermath of Hadi’s death, Hindu homes were selectively targeted and set ablaze in multiple localities by Muslim mobs, forcing families to flee and rendering many homeless. The violence was not sporadic but patterned, with Muslim mobs targeting Hindu neighbourhoods, properties, and religious symbols with impunity. One of the many victims of this wave of violence was a Hindu man named Dipu Chandra Das, who was brutally lynched by a Muslim mob over false allegations of blasphemy. Such targeting of innocent Hindus over fabricated charges illustrated the vulnerability of the Hindu minority under conditions of rising communal hostility. Posters and written materials calling for the extermination of Hindus were displayed in public spaces, signalling an alarming normalisation of genocidal rhetoric. Combined with acts of physical violence, arson, and vandalism, these developments demonstrated a coordinated campaign designed to terrorise the Hindu community and assert Islamic dominance. Notably, Sharif Osman Bin Hadi was a Muslim political activist and student leader known for his anti-Hindu and anti-India stance. He was actively involved in the political unrest that followed the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government and was killed in Dhaka in December 2025 during clashes, after which Hindus were blamed and subsequently targeted.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category- 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. This case stands as a clear instance of religiously motivated crime, as a Hindu man was brutally killed by a mob over mere allegations of attempted extortion. This occurred in Bangladesh amidst the country's ongoing religious persecution of Hindus. The incident starkly reflects deep-seated hatred tied to the victim's faith in a nation gripped by anti-Hindu hostility. While some may argue that the case details do not explicitly indicate a religious motive. However, the broader context of anti-Hindu persecution in Bangladesh cannot be ignored. 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 a 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 drive 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 and the subsequent ongoing persecution following the death of Osman Hadi, the Hinduphobia Tracker assumes religious motivation from the outset. If any case is proven beyond a reasonable doubt to stem from motivations other than religious hostility, it will be removed from the hate crime database post-facto. The brutal lynching of Amrit Mandal in Bangladesh, amidst relentless religious persecution of Hindus, proves he was slaughtered not for any crime, but for his Hindu identity. Even though the police claimed the killing arose from allegations of attempted extortion. Yet if that were true, the mob could have handed him over to the authorities for legal justice. Instead, they savagely beat Amrit to death while sparing his Muslim accomplice, Selim Sheikh, who carried firearms and was simply detained. This blatant selective targeting of the young Hindu man exposes the real motive: vicious hatred for his faith. Had extortion driven the attack, they would have gone after everyone, including Selim, but they chose to lynch Amrit alone, laying bare the communal venom at play. This murder of a Hindu man over his identity lays bare the terror Hindus face in Bangladesh, where simply existing as one invites deadly violence. Innocent Hindus are butchered for who they are, with no other justification. Such targeted brutality unmasks profound animosity towards Hinduism and its adherents, marking this as an undeniable instance of a hate-driven attack. Notably, this incident occurred just days after another Hindu man, Dipu Chandra Das, was murdered and his body set ablaze by a Muslim mob on 18 December 2025 over false blasphemy allegations following Osman Hadi's death. Subsequently, several attacks against Hindus followed, with homes and temples razed and torched, and Hindus assaulted by Muslim mobs. Against this backdrop of targeted anti-Hindu violence, Amrit's killing fits the same chilling pattern in a nation seething with anti-Hindu hatred. Since this case clearly qualifies as a religiously motivated crime, it has been added to the hate crime database of the Hinduphobia Tracker.