By mobs that could be linked to the ruling Muslim Bangladesh Nationalist Party, which opposes all “anti-Islamic law.” From the Daily Star:
Armed mobsters with alleged links to ruling BNP in a raid on a remote village under Pirgachha upazila in the district on Monday torched 22 houses of minority Hindus, injured 20 villagers and looted cash, crops and cattle.
Eyewitnesses said a group of 35 to 40 BNP activists armed with machetes, swords and daggers cordoned the Hindu-majority Adam Sarkerpara village in the afternoon and set fire to the houses of eight Hindu families after spraying gasoline and kerosene on them.
Suresh Chandra Borman, one of the victims whose homes were burnt to ashes, told The Daily Star that Abdul Mannan and two of his nephews — BNP activists Raju and Saju, one accused of rape attempt and the other of land-grabbing — led the band.
Raju was caught red-handed while trying to rape a Hindu girl of the village two years ago, Borman said.