Overview
- Samir Kumar Das, a Hindu auto-rickshaw driver, was beaten and stabbed to death on January 11 in Daganbhuiyan, Feni, with his body found near a hospital.
- Assailants fled with his auto-rickshaw; police cited preliminary indications of robbery-murder, while some reports said his phone, cash and gold chain were not taken.
- Investigators have opened a case and described the killing as planned in some accounts, with no arrests reported so far.
- Das is reported to be survived by his wife and a two-year-old child, with relatives named in local reports.
- Civil groups reported at least 51 incidents targeting minorities in December, and India’s foreign ministry reiterated concern about recurring attacks in Bangladesh.