Overview

• Nurul Huda, 77, was beaten and humiliated by a mob at his Uttara home hours after the BNP filed a lawsuit accusing him of rigging the 2014, 2018 and 2024 elections.
• Dhaka police took Huda into custody and a court ordered a four-day remand for interrogation into alleged election manipulation.
• The BNP case names 19 individuals, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, for conducting polls “without people’s mandate.”
• Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus’s interim government denounced the mob attack as illegal and warned citizens against taking justice into their own hands.
• Tensions persist as Bangladesh gears up for polls in April 2026 while Sheikh Hasina remains in self-imposed exile in India facing charges.