A temple, stores and a number of other homes of the Hindu group had been vandalised in southwestern Bangladesh through some unidentified individuals over a Fb submit allegedly belittling Islam, in the most recent spate of violence concentrated on the spiritual minority within the nation, consistent with media experiences on Sunday.
Police fired caution pictures to disperse a mob that vandalised a number of houses and torched one in every of them in Sahapara village in Narail district on Friday night, bdnews24.com, a web based newspaper quoted Haran Chandra Paul, an inspector on the native police station, as pronouncing.
The attackers additionally threw bricks at a temple within the village right through the assault round 7:30pm, he mentioned.
Additionally they broke the furnishings throughout the temple. A number of stores had been additionally vandalised, The Day-to-day Famous person newspaper reported. Haran mentioned a tender guy posted one thing offensive on Fb, triggering anger amongst Muslims.
As rigidity fixed over the submit after the Friday prayers, a bunch of Muslims demonstrated out of doors their house within the afternoon. They attacked the houses later. No attacker was once arrested.
The placement was once customary at night time, mentioned the police inspector. Narail Superintendent of Police Prabir Kumar Roy mentioned the legislation enforcers had been operating to stay the placement below keep an eye on.
“We’re investigating the incident. The ones answerable for the violence will face motion. The placement is customary for now,” Roy mentioned.
In the meantime, police have arrested a 20-year-old faculty scholar over the Fb submit. The coed, recognized as Akash Saha, was once detained in Khulna, mentioned Sheikh Abu Hena Milon, leader of Lohagara Police Station.
A police officer mentioned that Salahuddin Kochi of Dighlia village had filed a case towards Akash on Jul 15, accusing him of belittling Islam. Akash was once delivered to courtroom in reference to that case.
Police forces had been deployed within the space to forestall additional violence, The Day-to-day Famous person newspaper reported.
“After one workforce looted all our valuables, every other workforce got here and located our door open. As there was once not anything left to loot, they set our house on fireplace,” the paper quoted Deepali Rani Saha, a resident, as pronouncing.
Deepali’s area was once amongst houses and dozens of stores that had been vandalised or burnt down in Sahapara village.
A former feminine member of the reserved seat in Dighalia Union Parishad mentioned lots of the able-bodied folks have left the village after the assault.
“Virtually all homes are locked. Most effective the elders of a few households are house. They too are scared,” she mentioned.
“Police are on guard within the village, however we can not consider them,” the newspaper quoted 65-year-old Shibnath Saha, president of the village’s Radha-Govinda temple, as pronouncing.
Assaults on spiritual minorities in Muslim-majority Bangladesh are expanding and plenty of of them took place after rumours or pretend posts unfold via social media, bdnews24.com mentioned.
Closing 12 months, some Hindu temples in Bangladesh had been vandalised through unidentified Muslim bigots right through the Durga Puja celebrations, prompting the federal government to deploy paramilitary forces in 22 districts after 4 folks had been killed and plenty of others injured in riots.
In line with a file through prison rights workforce Ain O Salish Kendra, 3,679 assaults had been performed at the Hindu group in Bangladesh between January 2013 and September 2021.
