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Bangladesh: Violence towards minority Hindus spreads to a number of districts, media claims Hindus ‘burned their very own homes’

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On October 18, Bangladeshi information media outlet Basherkella shared a video of a burning Hindu temple and accused Hindus of burning their very own homes amidst violent assaults by Islamists towards the minority inhabitants in a number of districts.
In the tweet, Basherkella wrote, “Some #Hindu of Pirganj Upazila of Rangpur ignite their own houses to malign about the non-sectarian image of #Bangladesh: locals say.” Notably, they tagged CJ Werleman, probably the most infamous anti-India and anti-Hindu pretend information peddlers.
Bangladeshi media outlet Basherkella accused Hindus of burning their very own homes. Source: Twitter
Rangpur violence
The radical Islamists in Bangladesh have continued their violence towards the minority Hindu neighborhood for five days straight. In a contemporary assault on Sunday (October 17), they carried out arson at a village and burnt 20 Hindu properties in Pirganj Upazila within the Rangpur Division of Bangladesh.
As per stories, Muslims in Jelepolli in Majipara had alleged {that a} Hindu man had posted ‘content dishonouring religion’ on Facebook. The frenzied mob of radical Islamists focused three villages specifically, Majhipara, Bottola and Hatibandha villages in Pirganj Upazila.
Attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh
For over 5 days, homes and temples of the Hindu neighborhood in Bangladesh have been underneath the assault of radical Islamists. It began on October 12 when a number of incidents of idol vandalism befell forward of Puja. The Durga idol of Sri Shamshaneshwar Shiva Vigraha Mandir was vandalized by Islamic extremists within the Firingibazar space in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on Sunday.
On October 14, it was reported that a number of different Puja pandals had been vandalized. Videos of damaged idols, demolished pandals and Moorti of Maa Durga being thrown in a pond emerged on social media platforms together with different movies of assaults on Hindus. On October 16, the ISKCON temple was attacked by a 400-500 robust Muslim mob. On October 17 and October 18, the assaults continued, and homes of Hindus had been vandalized. Many had been reported injured and a few reported lifeless after the assaults.