Hard-earned victories misplaced in a flash: Bangladesh cricketer Mashrafe Mortaza condemns assaults on Hindu group

In a Facebook submit, former Bangladesh cricket captain Mashrafe Mortaza condemned the current assaults in opposition to the Hindu group within the nation. Mashrafe Mortaza has condemned the current assaults in opposition to minority Hindu group in Bangladesh. (Photo: Reuters)Former Bangladesh cricket captain Mashrafe Mortaza has condemned the current assaults in opposition to the minority Hindu group within the nation.

In a Facebook submit written in Bangla, Mashrafe Mortaza mentioned that Bangladesh suffered two losses — one by the hands of Scotland in qualifiers of T20 World Cup, and the opposite one at residence, referring to Sunday’s communal violence in Rangpur district through which 20 houses of Hindus have been torched by a mob.”Witnessed two losses yesterday. One was Bangladesh cricket team’s, which was painful. The other being that of Bangaldesh – one that has shattered my heart. This is not the red and green (colour of the national flag) we wanted to see. So many dreams, so many hard-earned victories lost in a flash. Allah give us hidayat,” he mentioned within the Facebook submit.Incidents of violence have been reported in opposition to the minority Hindu group in Bangladesh and their locations of worship within the final two weeks.On Sunday, a bunch of assailants vandalised at the least 66 houses and torched 20 houses of Hindus in Bangladesh’s Rangpur over an alleged blasphemous social media submit.Last week, three folks have been killed in an assault on a Durga Puja pandal close to Nanuar Dighi lake in Bangladesh’s Cumilla. Incidents of vandalism have been additionally reported from temples in Chandpur’s Hajiganj, Chattogram’s Banshkhali, Cox’s Bazar’s Pekua, and Noakhali’s ISKCON temple.The Ministry of External Affairs has raised the problem earlier than the Bangladeshi authorities and mentioned that the federal government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promptly reacted to make sure that the scenario was below management.Meanwhile, the United States has condemned the assaults on the Hindu group in Bangladesh, saying that “Freedom of religion or belief is a human right”.Also Read | Recent developments in Afghanistan motivated assaults on Hindus in Bangladesh: BJP’s Dilip GhoshAlso Read | Being Hindu in Bangladesh, and Jogen Mandal’s inglorious legacy | ViewWatch | Homes of Hindus torched in Bangladesh’s Rangpur days after Durga Puja violenceClick right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.