Attacks on Hindus continue across Bangladesh; Mob burns down 20 Hindu homes in Pirganj of Rangpur

In the saddest of a series of incidents in the state of Bangladesh, the Hindu community is still under attack as reveald by the Bangladesh Hindu Unity Council. The Hindus, who form the minority community in Bangladesh are being attacked in Pirganj and Rangpur. "Attacks on Hindus continue across the country. If this continues, it will be difficult for Hindus to survive in Bangladesh", the Bangladesh Hindu Unity council said in its tweet 7 hours ago.

 

 

Earlier the week, in yet another scathing attack on the Hindus in Bangladesh, a mob in Naokhali had damaged the Iskcon temple. The official twitter handle sharing the painful incident had demanded justice for this attack on the minority community in Bangladesh. "ISKCON temple & devotees were violently attacked today by a mob in Noakhali, Bangladesh", ISKCON tweeted.

 

 

 

 

This is right after the vibrant festival of Durga Puja ended in violence and vandalism for the Hindu minority community of Bangladesh as Islamic extremists exhibited barbaric behaviour over a Facebook rumour. A Facebook post allegedly showing Hindus insulting the Quran went viral on social media on Wednesday night after which the religious fanatics took to the streets to vandalize several Durga pandals.

 

 

Denying the claims of insulting Quran, Shibu Prasad Dutta, the general secretary of Cumilla Mahanagar Puja Udjapon Committee, informed that someone placed a copy of the Quran at a Durga Puja pavilion in Nanua Dighir Par early in the morning when the guard was asleep. A pro-Hindu news portal ‘Hindu Voice’ shared a video of a Durga idol being thrown into the river. “Muslim mob have demolished 9 Durga mandapas and idols in Comilla, #Bangladesh. Hundreds of radical Muslims attacked this morning. The attack is still going on. Situation is still tense. Hindus are frightened. Police failed to control mob,” it tweeted.

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