Radical Islamists in Bangladesh launch anti-India protest, conflict with police

On Friday (October 15), about 2000 radical Islamists clashed with the police throughout a protest in opposition to the alleged blasphemy dedicated by the minority Hindu inhabitants, reported Associated Press. The incident passed off in Bangladesh’s capital metropolis of Dhaka.
As per stories, the frenzied mob of protestors took to the streets after providing the Jumma Namaz (Friday prayers) on the Baitul Mukarram mosque. They started chanting anti-India slogans and accused Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of being arms in gloves with India. The Islamists resorted to stone-pelting and tried to interrupt by way of the police barricades. In a bid to regulate the regulation and order scenario, the safety forces resorted to lathi-charge and firing tear fuel shells.

Visuals of the conflict between radical Islamists and the policeDeputy Commissioner (Dhaka Metropolitan Police) Sajjad Hossain knowledgeable that the novel Islamists attacked the cops, following which three had been detained for interrogation. While talking to BenarNews, one other deputy Commissioner Sazzadur Rahman said, “Over 2,000 Muslim devotees brought out a procession after Jummah prayers.” He mentioned {that a} complete of 5 folks had been arrested. As per BenarNews, the Islamists threw sandals and bricks on the police, who then fired rubber bullets and tear fuel in return.
150 Hindu households attacked over ‘Quran insult’ rumours, vandalism of Durga Pandals
Brutal assaults, vandalism, looting, and arson had returned to hang-out Hindus in Bangladesh’s Noakhali district, as near 150 households had been reportedly attacked and no less than three killed in a violent conflict on Wednesday (October 13). A day later, a frenzied mob of radical Islamists attacked the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple within the Noakhali district within the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh. The Bangladesh unit of ISKCON lamented that the sculpture of its founder, AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, was burnt down in the course of the arson assault on the temple.
The violence and vandalism passed off after a Facebook hearsay claiming ‘insult to Quran’ at a Durga Puja pandal went viral. Videos emerged on social media the place a mob of enraged Muslims had been seen pelting stones and vandalising makeshift Durga Puja pandals and attacking Hindu households in Bangladesh’s Chandpur space. A social media consumer from Bangladesh said that the Islamic mob was calling for the burning of a neighborhood ISKCON temple. Bangladeshi social media customers had said that underneath the guise of assaults, rampant loot and molestation of girls have additionally taken place. 2 individuals have been discovered useless within the Chandpur space.
Following the incident, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered the criminals, behind spreading communal assaults and propaganda, to be recognized and punished for example. Meanwhile, again in New Delhi, the exterior affairs ministry mentioned that it was in contact with the excessive fee officers and famous the strict motion be taken by the Bangladesh authorities. Since the incident, the Bangladesh police have revamped 100 arrests and the probe continues to be underway.