Just days after a Hindu man was lynched, and his body was attacked and set on fire by violent Islamists in Bangladesh on blasphemy allegations, another Hindu man was assaulted in the country on Friday. The incident took place in Jhenaidah district in Khulna Division.
Hindu rickshaw puller Gobinda Biswas was assaulted by a mob just because he had a sacred red thread on his wrist. After seeing the red thread on his wrist, some people circulated a rumour that he is an agent of the Indian spy agency RA&W. As a result, a large group of people gathered at the spot and brutally assaulted him.
Gobinda Biswas—a rickshaw puller. A red thread on his wrist was enough for extremists to brand him an “RAW agent.” He kept saying he was just a rickshaw puller, but no one listened.
The young man from Jhenaidah was brutally assaulted and left critically injured—his survival… pic.twitter.com/9qvDNgl7FA— Sahidul Hasan Khokon (@SahidulKhokonbd) December 20, 2025
After beating him in front of the Jhenaidaha district municipality gate, the mob handed him over to police. Gobinda Biswas suffered injuries on his throat and chest in the assault by the mob.
While being taken away by police, Gobinda Bisawas was pleading, “I am a rikshaw driver, please let me go.” But police didn’t listen to him and refused to release him. He has been kept at Jhenaidah sadar police station.
In front of the Jhenaidah Municipality gate, an innocent and poor #Hindu rickshaw puller named #GopalBiswas was brutally attacked after #Jamaat extremists spread a #false_rumour accusing him of being an agent of India's intelligence agency, "#RAW."
He was publicly lynched by a… pic.twitter.com/OAN9eCSvSg— ATeam (@ATeam_1971) December 20, 2025
In a video from the police station, someone can be heard saying that there were several ‘WhatsApp transactions with Reserve Bank of India’ on his phone. The person, not seen in the video, also said that Gobinda received a call from someone named Akash from India when he was being detained. However, Gobinda clarified that Akash is a person known to him.
The OC of Jhenaidah police station confirmed the development and said that Biswas lived in India for a long time. His alleged links with the Indian spy agency are being probed, the police said.