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Publication: Mayer Dak, Calcutta
Date: February 2001
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M A Y E R D A K
(Call of the Motherland----Maa
ki Pukar)
WWW.MAYERDAK.COM
Calcutta, India February 12, 2001
P Volume 4, Issue 2
Members of the minority communities
in Bangladesh continued to be subjected to all kinds of extreme tactics,
including murder, abductions and rape of women designed at forcing them
to quit their 'homeland', which they love so intensely. Latest
factual incidents, reported by our representatives at various centres are
charted below:-
( 1 ) December 27, 2000: Village
: Baghutia-Adilpur; Subdistrict : Abhaypur, District : Jessore A teenage
Hindu girl named Poly Rani Choudhuri (10 yrs) daughter of Mr.
Khitish Choudhuri was attacked by a Muslim fanatic gang led by Shamshur
Rahman of an adjoining village. The Islamic fundamentalists
tried to abduct her by force. The old parents and the victim
girl offered strong resistance and in the process suffered stab wounds.
The gang ran away while the injured were admitted to Naoyapara Hospital,
a FIR was also lodged (with the local police) at the local Hospital.
( 2 ) December 26, 2000: Purbak-Dhurkhali
village, Subdistrict : Boalkhali, District : Chittagong. An
extremist Muslim gang abducted a pregnant Hindu woman. They
gang-raped her resulting in termination of her pregnancy. She
was fighting for her life in Chittagong Medical College. Local
Hindus were threatened with dire consequences if they reported the crime
to the Police. The Hindus in the area were planning to escape
to India.
( 3 ) January 3, 2001: Hotelpatty
area of Naogaon Town. At night a Hindu housewife Putul Rani
Das (22 yrs) was gang-raped at her house by an armed Islamic gang.
The fanatics afterwards killed her and left her corpse. The
husband of the deceased, a local jeweller, was away from home at the time
of the crime.
( 4 ) December 17, 2000: Faridpur
village, Subdistrict : Raiganj, District : Sirajganj. Subash
Mahato, a local non-Muslim tribal leader was arrested/abducted by the police
in Mufti. When the last report came in, Mahato was still untraced.
The local tribals surrounded the police station and held a protest rally.
( 5 ) Dencember 29, 2000: village
: Kutubpur, Subdistrict : Katiyadi, District : Kishoreganj.
Two rival Muslim groups clashed and later, their anger fell on the local
Hindus and they were beaten up and their houses torched and destroyed.
At least 20 Hindus, including women sustained injuries in this assault.
The victims were asked by the hooligans to leave Bangladesh since they
are not Muslims.
( 6 ) January 8, 2001: Rajani Bose
Lane, Dhaka. On late night a 'Sindoor' godown Iwarehouse) of
Hindus was torched by Muslim fanatics. Islamic fundamentalists
in Bangladesh want to eliminate all symbols of non-Muslim religions.
Sindoor is worn by Hindu women after marriage and is considered religious.
During the Pakistani era and also in post independence Bangladesh, there
has been many instances when Sindoor godowns (warehouses) were destroyed.
( 7 ) December 30, 2000: Mahiganj
hat: Subdistrict : Domar District : Nilphamari. A gang of Muslim
fanatics looted material worth over Taka 200,000 ($3650 U.S.) from the
warehouse of businessman Amarjit Singh. They took forcible
occupation of the warehouse also.
( 8 ) December 28, 2000: village
: Satirpur, Police Station: Kaliganj, Distt : Lalmonirhat In a series of
raids, armed Islamic supremacists fanatics looted property and valuables
from several Hindu houses in this village. The affected Hindu
houses belonged to (a) Purna Chandra, (b) Bhabananda Burman and (c) Baneshwar
Burman.
( 9 ) January 5, 2001: Gournadi,
Distt : Barisal. A Hindu named Shyamal Ghosh owned 'Gournadi
Mishtanna Bhandar', a sweet shop at. On January 5, 2001, a
Muslim group attacked the shop, assaulted the workers and badly damaged
the business. They also took away cash of over Taka 10,000
($200 U.S.). The local Hindus were very worried about their
safety.
( 10 ) December 24, 2000: Puratan
Bazar, Police Station Katiyadi District : Kishoreganj M/s Debnath-Radhanath
Stores, a renowned shop of Puratan Bazar, was owned by a Hindu.
Armed Muslim terrorists in a sudden attack, killed 4 Hindu employees of
the shop and left with cash worth over Taka 75,000 ($1,400 U.S.).
( 11 ) January 4, 2001: village
: Salkeydanga, Police Station. Sadar, District : Satkhira.
A group of armed Muslim miscreants committed burglary in Hindu houses.
They looted property worth over Taka 100,000 ($ 1,900 U.S.).
The attacted houses belonged to Ananta Mondal, Dulal Mondol, Nirmal Sardar,
Bimal Sarkar, Bijan Sarkar etc.
( 12 ) Dec 17, 2000: Village : Kalapota,
Police Station. Tala, District. : Satkhira Muslim
fundamentalists looted property worth over Taka 400,000 ($7,500 U.S.) from
the houses of Paritosh Chakraborty and Santosh Chakraborty.
( 13 ) January 25, 2001: Village
: Gahali Subdistrict : Mahadevpur, District. : Naogaon Islamic
fanatics attacked the houses of Ratan Mohanta and Dilip Barman.
They looted property worth over Taka 100,000 ($1,900 U.S.).
( 14 ) December 18, 2000: Lukali
village, Subdistrict : Shahzadpur, District : Pabna. Armed
Muslim fanatics killed a Hindu named Jagadish Kurdu. Jagadish
was earlier under pressure from the miscreants to vacate his landed property
and escape to India if he does not convert to Islam. Jagadish
was refusing to either convert or leave for India.
( 15 ) January 7, 2001: Shah Nagar,
Phatikchhari, District. : Chittagong Muslim fanatics, at the
dead of night, raided the house of Naikuntha Nath Baidya (70 yrs) and brutally
killed him. Here also as in the previous case, Baidya was refusing
to listen to the threats to convert or evacuate to India.
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