A young Hindu tea garden worker’s blood-soaked body was found with his hands and legs tied in the Moulvibazar area of northeast Bangladesh, a media report said Thursday (February 12, 2026). Police recovered the body of 28-year-old Ratan Shuvo Kar from the tea garden about 200 km northeast of Dhaka on Wednesday (February 11, 2026). He was a worker of Champara Tea Garden under Islampur union, The Daily Star reported, quoting Kamalganj police station officer-in-charge Abdul Awal. The Hindu population in Bangladesh has faced a series of attacks, some fatal, after the killing of radical youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi in December. In January, the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council alleged that communal violence has increased at an alarming rate in the country in the wake of the elections.

Source: The Hindu February 12, 2026 10:36 UTC