Mob beatings have surged with at least 119 people killed and 74 injured in 114 incidents since the interim government took office in August 2024, according to the Human Rights Support Society (HRSS).

Almost all the Hindu men of Panchapalli in Faridpur’s Madhukhali upazila have gone into hiding, fearing arrests and also backlash from zealots, following the killing of two brothers suspected of setting fire to a temple.

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) issues a set of directives asking concerned government agencies to launch a social awareness campaign to negate rumours leading to fatal incidents and check spread of dengue fever, a PM office spokesman says.

Police headquarters urges its all concerned units to take necessary steps for preventing the incidents of mob beating.

The figure is horrendous and must make the authorities stand up and take notice.

An Afghan judge sentences 11 police on Tuesday to one year in jail for failing to prevent the mob killing of Farkhunda in Kabul who was accused of burning a copy of the Quran.

Four Afghan men is sentenced to death over a mob attack in which a woman was beaten to death after being falsely accused of burning the Quran.