The Police Headquarters has issued a statement regarding the allegations made by the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council and Minority Unity Alliance at a press conference on July 10.
They said that the police are investigating each reported incident with utmost diligence and seriousness, following the facts wherever they lead.
The Chief Adviser's Press wing issued a press release on Tuesday in response to the statement from the Police Headquarters.
It said that during a press conference on July 10, held under the banner of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council and Minority Unity Alliance, it was alleged that 27 individuals had been killed between January and June 2025, alongside 2,442 incidents of communal attacks and violence over the past 11 months.
Bangladesh Police has thoroughly reviewed the 27 reported deaths. Of these, 22 were registered as regular murder cases, while five were recorded as unnatural deaths. None were connected to any kind of communal violence. Here are the circumstances surrounding these fatalities -- land disputes in two cases (one involving an uncle killed by his nephew, another in a clash between cousins), financial disputes in two cases (including one linked to drug-related dues), robbery or dacoity, accounting for seven deaths, targeted killing of one person by a rival terrorist group, a quarrel over the purchase of a watermelon resulting in one fatality, three suicides by hanging, eleven deaths where bodies were recovered under various circumstances remain under investigation.
To date, 48 individuals have been arrested, 15 have surrendered, and 18 have given confessional statements under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Investigations confirm that none of these deaths were motivated by communal reasons, it said.
The statement also states that the press conference also cited 20 incidents involving sexual harassment, rape, or gang rape. Police registered cases in 16 of these and arrested 25 suspects. No complaints were filed in three cases.
In the alleged rape of an indigenous woman in Rajshahi, investigations found no evidence of rape, and the incident was linked to a prior dispute between the accused and the complainant's family; in the alleged gang rape in Magura, no complaint was filed, and preliminary police enquiries found no supporting evidence.
The organisations further claimed that the majority of violence occurred between August 4 and 20, 2024, citing 2,010 incidents, including 1,769 communal attacks and assaults. Bangladesh Police verified 1,457 of these incidents across 56 districts
