Bangladesh's Hindu minority in fear as attacks rise and a national election nears
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A tree stands on a road divider where the body of 27-year-old Hindu garment worker Dipu Chandra Das was hung and set on fire by a mob on Dec. 18, 2025, in Gazipur near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)Meghna Rani, wife of Dipu Chandra Das, weeps inside her home in Tarakanda village, Mymensingh District, Bangladesh, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)A portrait of Dipu Chandra Das hangs alongside images of Hindu deities inside his home in Tarakanda village, Mymensingh District, Bangladesh, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)Robilal Chandra Das, father of Dipu Chandra Das, 27, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press inside his home in Tarakanda village, Mymensingh District, Bangladesh, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)Meghna Rani, wife of Dipu Chandra Das, plays with her daughter outside their home in Tarakanda village, Mymensingh District, Bangladesh, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
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A tree stands on a road divider where the body of 27-year-old Hindu garment worker Dipu Chandra Das was hung and set on fire by a mob on Dec. 18, 2025, in Gazipur near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)