Nationwide protests in Bangladesh over assault on Hindus

Organisations throughout Bangladesh held protests towards the assault on the Hindu neighborhood within the nation. A protest march was held in Chittagong on Friday towards the assault on the Hindu neighborhood and the continuing killing of Hindu academics and rape of Hindu ladies in Bangladesh, reported native media.

Hindu Sangbad, a Bangladesh information company wrote on Twitter, “Demonstrations by various Hindu organizations in Shahbagh and across the country were also held peacefully in protest against the barbaric radical Jihadi attack on Hindus in Narail Sahapara.”

Earlier, Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan stated the federal government will guarantee strict motion towards individuals who disturb communal concord within the nation.

The Bangladesh National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) additionally directed the Home 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 country” will not be acceptable below any circumstances.

According to ANI, the human rights physique’s remarks got here after reviews of Hindu minorities being attacked in Bangladesh got here to gentle amid rumours of alleged Facebook posts slandering Islam.

On July 15, the properties of the Hindu minorities have been set on fireplace within the Sahapara space of Lohagara, Narail, reported Daily Star.

The mobs went on a rampage after Friday prayers, saying that an 18-year-old man from the neighbourhood damage their non secular emotions on Facebook. Locals alleged the put up was made by Akash Saha, an 18-year-old faculty pupil within the village. They gathered after Juma prayers and protested in entrance of the coed’s home, demanding his arrest, reported Daily 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 Facebook put up. One of the victims of the rampage, Deepali Rani Saha, shared the ordeals of vandalization whose home was burned down, reported Daily Star.

“After one group looted all our valuables, another group came and found our door open. As there was nothing left to loot, they set our home on fire.”

“I don’t know how long this threat of violence will haunt us. Who will give us justice? Who will give us security? … If I were in the house while they set it on fire, I would have died. God saved me. But is this any way to survive? All I have now is the sari on my body,” she added.

Deepali’s property was among the many three properties and dozens of retailers that have been vandalized or burnt down in Sahapara village, reported Daily Star.

The police detained Akash’s father Ashoke Saha on Friday to “bring the situation under control”, whereas they ready to file a case below the Digital Security Act towards Akash.

None of the attackers has been arrested but, reported Daily Star.

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