July 19, 2025

HRCB Condemns the “killing of citizen” and use of “excessive force” on citizen by Bangladesh Army on July 16, 2025 in Gopalganj, Bangladesh.

According to news reports, at least 4 people were shot dead. Unconfirmed reports put the number to much higher. Those dead bodies were cremated without autopsy or proper investigation by the authorities.

We expect the Bangladesh Army to protect its own citizen, but they used lethal weapons on citizen. We ask The United Nations to investigate Gopalganj incident throughly. How can this Army employed by UN while they can’t protect own people?

Army  personel hitting an unarmed man’s head with his boot.

Dipto Saha, a Hindu minority, was shot dead as he was trying to get home after closing his shop. He was trying to escape the violence.

 Soldiers sit atop an armoured personnel carrier after security forces were deployed to respond to violence at a political rally, in Gopalganj, Bangladesh on Wednesday, July 16, 2025