A younger Hindu tea backyard employee’s blood-soaked physique was discovered along with his fingers and legs tied within the Moulvibazar space of northeast Bangladesh, a media report mentioned Thursday (February 12, 2026).
Forward of the voting for the thirteenth parliamentary elections within the nation, that is the second homicide of a Hindu particular person in as many days.
Police recovered the physique of 28-year-old Ratan Shuvo Kar from the tea backyard about 200 km northeast of Dhaka on Wednesday (February 11, 2026). He was a employee of Champara Tea Backyard below Islampur union, The Day by day Star reported, quoting Kamalganj police station officer-in-charge Abdul Awal.
Locals noticed the physique within the backyard round 10 a.m. and knowledgeable authorities, the report mentioned. The mentioned the physique bore seen harm marks.
Ratan’s elder brother, Laxman Kar, mentioned the household had been looking for him. “This morning (Wednesday), we had been knowledgeable that his physique was mendacity within the backyard. We went there and recognized him. We have no idea why he was killed,” he mentioned.
The physique was despatched to Moulvibazar Sadar Hospital for an post-mortem, mentioned Mr. Awal, including that an investigation is underway to establish these concerned.
Some locals speculated about doable hyperlinks to the election, although no proof was discovered on this regard, The Day by day Star mentioned.
The Hindu inhabitants in Bangladesh has confronted a collection of assaults, some deadly, after the killing of radical youth chief Sharif Osman Hadi in December. On Monday, 62-year-old Hindu dealer Susen Chandra Sarkar was hacked to loss of life by unidentified males inside his store on the Bogar Bazar intersection in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh. Sarkar was a resident of Southkanda village, police mentioned, including, the attackers hacked him with a pointy weapon, left him contained in the store, and closed the shutters.
There have been no less than 15 focused murders of Hindu minority people in a 45-day interval, the South Asia Discussion board for Freedom of Faith Perception mentioned in a press release on Tuesday (February 10, 2026).
In January, the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council alleged that communal violence has elevated at an alarming charge within the nation within the wake of the elections. The council mentioned it recorded 51 incidents of communal violence in December 2025.
In response to the 2022 census, Bangladesh has practically 13.13 million Hindus, about 7.95% of the nation’s whole inhabitants.
Printed – February 12, 2026 04:03 pm IST