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Rights body Manabadhikar Shongskriti Foundation (MSF) yesterday said incidents of mob violence rose in April, surpassing the figures recorded in the previous month.

At least 21 people were killed and 49 others were critically injured in mob beatings across the country in April, while 19 people were killed and 31 were injured in similar incidents in the previous month, MSF said in its monthly monitoring report.

In February, 18 people were killed and 33 others were injured, while at least 21 people were killed in mob beatings in January, up from 10 deaths recorded in December 2025, according to MSF.

On April 11, 52-year-old pir Abdur Rahman alias Shamim al-Jahangir was beaten and hacked to death by a mob at his darbar (shrine) in The MSF

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