Organisations throughout Bangladesh held protests towards the assault on the Hindu group within the nation. A protest march was held in Chittagong on Friday towards the assault on the Hindu group and the continuing killing of Hindu lecturers and rape of Hindu ladies in Bangladesh, reported native media.
Hindu Sangbad, a Bangladesh information company wrote on Twitter, “Demonstrations by varied Hindu organizations in Shahbagh and throughout the nation had been additionally held peacefully in protest towards the barbaric radical Jihadi assault on Hindus in Narail Sahapara.”
Earlier, Bangladesh House Minister Asaduzzaman Khan stated the federal government will guarantee strict motion towards individuals who disturb communal concord within the nation.
The Bangladesh Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC) additionally directed the House Ministry to probe into the assaults and decide whether or not there was negligence in stopping them. The NHRC additionally stated that the violence in a “secular nation” just isn’t acceptable below any circumstances.
Based on ANI, the human rights physique’s remarks got here after stories of Hindu minorities being attacked in Bangladesh got here to mild amid rumours of alleged Fb posts slandering Islam.
On July 15, the properties of the Hindu minorities had been set on fireplace within the Sahapara space of Lohagara, Narail, reported Each day Star.
The mobs went on a rampage after Friday prayers, saying that an 18-year-old man from the neighbourhood harm their non secular emotions on Fb. Locals alleged the submit was made by Akash Saha, an 18-year-old faculty scholar within the village. They gathered after Juma prayers and protested in entrance of the scholar’s home, demanding his arrest, reported Each day Star.
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As he was lacking, the mobs unfold to neighbouring properties of Hindu minorities– properties of people that had nothing to do with the Fb submit. One of many victims of the rampage, Deepali Rani Saha, shared the ordeals of vandalization whose home was burned down, reported Each day Star.
“After one group looted all our valuables, one other group got here and located our door open. As there was nothing left to loot, they set our dwelling on fireplace.”
“I do not understand how lengthy this risk of violence will hang-out us. Who will give us justice? Who will give us safety? … If I had been in the home whereas they set it on fireplace, I’d have died. God saved me. However is that this any solution to survive? All I’ve now’s the sari on my physique,” she added.
Deepali’s property was among the many three properties and dozens of retailers that had been vandalized or burnt down in Sahapara village, reported Each day Star.
The police detained Akash’s father Ashoke Saha on Friday to “deliver the state of affairs below management”, whereas they ready to file a case below the Digital Safety Act towards Akash.
Not one of the attackers has been arrested but, reported Each day Star.
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