Following the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Hindu temples, households, and companies have been vandalized, ladies assaulted, and no less than two Hindu leaders affiliated with the Awami League occasion killed in Bangladesh. Hindu minorities have fled to the Indian border looking for refuge, with many taking shelter close to the border to avoid wasting themselves, as reported by Zee Information Tv. Protesters attacked homes of Hindu minorities throughout the nation, burning every little thing, together with rice and different important provides. No police or military personnel got here to their rescue, leaving the minorities weak to the assaults.
“Now we have compiled some incidents of vandalism in numerous elements of the nation, exposing the Hindu and different minority communities to nervousness,” Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council chief Kajol Debnath instructed information company PTI on the margins of a gathering of the group.
In accordance with out there info, two Hindu leaders, who had been by the way leaders of Hasina’s Awami League (AL) occasion, had been killed in north-western Sirajganj and Rangpur, Debnath stated, including that the Council was nonetheless gathering extra info.
Debnath stated the attackers “plundered retailers, temples, and homes and assaulted Hindu ladies” whereas many had been injured throughout the assaults amid the fast-paced political developments following the autumn of Hasina’s authorities.
A day after Hasina resigned and fled the nation following huge protests in opposition to her authorities over quota in authorities jobs, violence that had began afresh over the weekend continued in a single day, resulting in a complete of over 400 being killed since mid-July.
In accordance with the Council leaders, the districts the place non secular minorities and their households or companies had been attacked embrace north-eastern Panchagarh, Dinajpur, Rangpur, Bogura, and Sirajganj; northern Sherpur and Kishoreganj; western Jashore, Magura, and Narail, south-western Khulna, Patuakhali, and Satkhira; central Narsingdi, Mymensingh, and Tangail; north-western Lakkhipur, Feni, and Chattogram, and north-eastern Habiganj.
“The scenario is grave, and Hindus are being constantly attacked throughout Bangladesh,” the Unity Council’s common secretary Rana Dasgupta stated in an announcement earlier. “We urge the military to make sure safety for the minorities and convey the perpetrators of the assault to e book instantly.”
Debnath, in the meantime, stated they might provide you with particulars on the assaults later Tuesday. On Monday, an Indian cultural centre was vandalized by an unruly mob in Dhaka, and 4 Hindu temples suffered “minor” damages throughout the nation. The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, positioned in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi space, was additionally broken by the unruly mob, in keeping with eyewitnesses. The Centre, a Cultural Centre of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations of India, has a library with over 21,000 books within the fields of Indian artwork, tradition, politics, economics, and fiction.
