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The Minority Situation in Bangladesh

The Minority Situation in Bangladesh

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Publication: Mayer Dak, Calcutta
Date: February 2001
URL: WWW.MAYERDAK.COM/minsitfeb2001.htm
 

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.
 

"Mayer Dak" is the official mouthpiece of the Nikhil Banga Nagarik Sangha P Reg.   Declaration No.-161/99 P Po.   Registration No.-w.b./rnp 235
 

Editorial Board:

Subhas Chakraborty --- Calcutta, India.
Ranjit Maity --- Dhaka, Bangladesh
Amlan Majumdar --- Chittagong, Bangladesh
Nalini Kanta Bhattacharjee --- Sylhet, Bangladesh
Shyamoli Dass --- London, U.K.
Shilpi Mondol --- New York City, USA
Bisheshwar Dutta --- Tokyo, Japan
Dr.   Jnana Ranjan Chatterjee --- Melborne, Australia
Bijoy Roy Chowdhury -- Vancouver, Canada
 


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