Overview
- Reports say the victim was beaten, stabbed, doused with petrol and set on fire before escaping by jumping into a pond.
- He was rescued by locals with serious burn injuries after the Dec. 31 attack while returning home from work.
- Accounts differ on key details, naming the victim as Khokan Chandra, 40, near Keurbhanga Bazar and Tiloi, or as 50-year-old Khokon Das in Shariatpur district.
- Outlets call this the fourth such assault on Hindus in roughly two weeks, following recent lynchings reported in Mymensingh and Rajbari.
- Indian reports cite the MEA saying roughly 2,900 incidents of violence against minorities have been recorded during the interim government’s tenure.