In yet another disturbing incident raising concerns over the safety of minorities across Bangladesh, the dead body of a Hindu man was found floating inside a drum near a sluice gate in the Begunbari area of Mymensingh district, local media reported.
The victim has been identified as 50-year-old Niranjan Chandra Sutradhar, who ran a jointly owned jewellery shop in the Atharbari Building area of Mymensingh.
Police have yet to determine who killed Niranjan or the motive behind the crime, with no arrests made as of Friday, Bangladesh’s leading Bengali newspaper, The Daily Ittefaq, reported According to Kotwali Model Police Station OC Muhammad Shibirul Islam, the victim bore sharp-weapon injury marks on his head and chest. Later, his identity was confirmed by contacting the family,” Daily Ittefaq quoted Kotwali Model Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Ruhul Amin as saying. Police believe Niranjan was killed before his body was put inside a drum and thrown into the water. Contacting the organisation with the token helped police establish the victim’s identity as Niranjan Chandra. His wife, Sumita Rani Sutradhar, and son, Joy Sutradhar, later identified the body. “After receiving the token, the Mymensingh Hindu Cooperative Credit Union Limited was contacted. The people of the institution helped identify Niranjan after seeing the token.
The victim has been identified as 50-year-old Niranjan Chandra Sutradhar, who ran a jointly owned jewellery shop in the Atharbari Building area of Mymensingh.
Police said a token issued by Mymensingh Hindu Cooperative Credit Union Limited was found in the trouser pocket of the body recovered from the drum. Citing the recent killing of retired Hindu teacher Ganapati Chakraborty and his entire family in Rangpur city, the party said that the ruling BNP government’s inaction following the incident reflects a broader pattern of persecution of religious minorities that has continued since the period of the previous Yunus-led interim government.
