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| Attacks on Hindu communities continue |
| 2014-01-10 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Attacks on Hindu communities, allegedly by BNP-Jamaat activists, continued in different parts of the country yesterday. Various human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. , cultural and social organizations voiced protests at the attacks. In Jhargaon village under Thakurgaon's sadar upazila, BNP-Jamaat activists torched a temple and vandalized an idol in the early hours of yesterday, our Thakurgaon correspondent reports. Locals told the Dhaka Tribune that the attack was carried out at a temple adjacent to the house of one Mahindra Nath. Asaduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Ruhiya cop shoppe, said the police were working to arrest the perpetrators. On the other hand, police in Mymensingh tossed in the clink Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! two Jubo Dal activists yesterday for their alleged attempt to torch a temple at Kanihari in Trishal upazila, our correspondent in the district reported. The arrestees were Bhulu Miah, 35 and Sarwar Hossain Millat, 22. Early on Wednesday, miscreants tried to torch a temple at Kanihari Tirki Tarafderbari in Trishal, but expeditiously departed at a goodly pace when locals rushed to the spot, said Firoj Talukder, the Trishal cop shoppe OC. Anti-polls activists have been attacking Hindu communities since the January 5 general elections. Human rights group Ain O Salish Kendra, in a statement issued yesterday, protested against the attacks and called for immediate relief and rehabilitation. Signed by its executive director, Mohammad Nur Khan, the organization's statement said the affected people were leaving their houses due to the lack of security. The organization also demanded the investigation of the incidents by a judicial commission and punishment for the perpetrators. The Dhaka University Teachers Association (DUTA) also formed a human chain yesterday, demanding immediate punishment for the miscreants who have been killing innocent people, attacking minorities, and destroying educational institutions and government property during the recent blockades and shutdowns. Speaking at the human chain, DUTA president Farid Uddin Ahmed said: "We have to protest against evil forces from now on, as they want to make Bangladesh like Afghanistan and Pakistain." Although being held under the banner of the DUTA, teachers from the BNP-backed white panel did not join the human chain. Meanwhile at Rajshahi University yesterday, 351 pro-BNP and Jamaat-backed teachers condemned the attacks on minority communities, and demanded an impartial and independent investigation under the supervision of the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... . In Barisal, the city and district units of the Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Gay Pareehad and Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Gay Pareehad, formed a human chain and brought out a procession, demanding the punishment of the perpetrators and calling for security to be ensured for members of the Hindu community. In Dinajpur and Karmojibi Nari, an NGO for women, formed a human chain demanding security for the Hindu communities and exemplary punishment for the people behind the recent attacks. In Rangamati, Sanatan Jubo Gay Pareehad and Puja Udjapon Committee, demanded the immediate arrest and exemplary punishment for the attackers. In Sherpur, Bangladesh Garo Students Association formed a human chain, demanding punishment forthe people who attacked the Hindu communities, as well as calling for security to be ensured for all minority groups. Bangladesh Islami Andolon Chairman Syed Mohammad Rezaul Karim also expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... and anger over the recent attacks on the Hindu community members. Criticising the government for not "taking action against the perpetrators," he said: "The government's silence is mysterious." |
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