IN YET another disturbing incident of violence on minorities and the atrocities against women in Bangladesh, a Hindu woman was brutally gangraped in her own home in the Cumilla district, while her attackers filmed the assault and circulated footage, a human rights body said on Monday. So far, five accused have been arrested, including main accused, Fajar Ali, who is a politician of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

 

The Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities said that the culprits circulated the video of the brutal assault “like a war trophy.” “On the night of June 26, 2025, a Hindu woman in Muradnagar, Cumilla District, endured one of the most brutal forms of violence imaginable: her home was forcibly invaded, her dignity shattered, and her trauma recorded and circulated like a war trophy. She was gangraped by multiple assailants, her cries echoing through the silence of a country that has, for decades, looked away from the suffering of its most vulnerable,” read a statement issued by the HRCBM.