Dhaka, February 10 A 62-year-old Hindu businessman was killed by unidentified men inside his shop in the Trishal upazila of Mymensingh, Bangladesh, according to a local media report on Tuesday.
The incident took place on Monday night at the Bogar Bazar intersection in the upazila, according to Trishal Police Station chief Muhammad Firoz Hossain, as reported by news portal bdnews24.com.
The victim, identified as Susen Chandra Sarkar, was the owner of 'Bhai Bhai Enterprise' and a resident of Southkanda village, he said.
Hossain said that the attackers used a sharp weapon to kill Sarkar, left him inside the shop, and then closed the shutters. Sarkar's family was searching for him, and when they opened the shop, they found him covered in blood.
Sarkar was taken to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.
"We have been running a rice business for a long time. No one had any animosity towards us. The criminals stole several hundred thousand taka from the store after they brutally killed my father," said Sujan Sarkar, the victim's son.
He demanded that the killers of his father be quickly identified and given exemplary punishment.
Sarkar's murder is the latest incident of violence targeting the minority community.
The Hindu population in Bangladesh has been affected by a series of incidents following the killing of radical youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi in December.
Dipu Chandra Das, a 25-year-old garment factory worker, was lynched to death by a mob over alleged blasphemy in Baluka in Mymensingh city on December 18. His body was then set on fire.
According to monitoring by independent groups, there have been at least 15 targeted murders of Hindu minority individuals in a 45-day period, the South Asia Forum for Freedom of Religion Belief said in a statement on Tuesday.
Last month, the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council alleged that as the date of the general elections draws nearer, communal violence is increasing at an alarming rate in the country. The Council said it recorded 51 incidents of communal violence in December 2025 alone.
Bangladesh will hold parliamentary elections on February 12 – the first since the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in massive nationwide protests in August 2024.
According to the 2022 census, the Hindu population in Bangladesh is nearly 13.13 million, which accounts for about 7.95 per cent of the country's total population.
