Dhaka, April 13 -- Two days after a "mob" stormed a "Sufi shrine" in Kushtia and hacked its "leader" to death, an uneasy silence grips the area -- mirrored by the victim's family, who have refused to file a case fearing further "unrest".

Shamim Reza, alias Jahangir, was killed on Apr 11 when hundreds of people stormed his shrine "Shamim Babar Darbar Sharif" following allegations of blasphemy.

Despite the brutal nature of the lynching, his family says they are choosing silence over legal recourse.

"In the current reality, we have sat together and decided that we will not file a case for Shamim's murder," his elder brother Fazlur Rahman told reporters on Monday.

The family's decision appears rooted in a sense of vulnerability and a lack...