Staff Reporter :
At least 98 people of Hindu Community were reportedly killed and 357 others were injured from January 1 to December 29 this year, Bangladesh Jatiyo Hindu Mohajote [BJHM] claimed on Friday.
“In the country, at least 22 Hindus are still missing and over 26 Hindu women were raped. Besides, 119 Hindu people have got death threats at the same time,” BJHM Secretary General Ananda Kumar Biswas said while addressing a press conference at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity in the city’s Segun Bagicha.
He said: “During the aforesaid period, at least 141 temples were vandalized and torched while at least 165 Hindu houses were also attacked.”
Raising allegations against the ruling party-backed men for conducting attacks on minorities, he said: “The ruling party leaders and activists are mainly responsible for attacks on Hindus. The people of Hindu community were victimized in 15, 054 incidents of attack and repression this year.”
“As the leaders and activists of ruling party men are involved in most of the attacks, so the government cannot shift the responsibility to another’s shoulder,” he said.
The BJHM leaders also claimed that the victims are not getting justice due to lack of sincerity of the government, though cases have been filed with the concerned police stations in these connections.
Of the incidents of violence, the number of eviction and arson ranks the top. A total of 3,500 families have got threat of eviction while 210 families have already been evicted from their ancestral homes with an ill-intention to grab their land properties.
Besides, about 141 houses were torched along with hundreds of idols were vandalized at that time, the BJMH leaders further claimed.
The BJHM prepared the report based on newspapers articles and their community’s sources.
At least 98 people of Hindu Community were reportedly killed and 357 others were injured from January 1 to December 29 this year, Bangladesh Jatiyo Hindu Mohajote [BJHM] claimed on Friday.
“In the country, at least 22 Hindus are still missing and over 26 Hindu women were raped. Besides, 119 Hindu people have got death threats at the same time,” BJHM Secretary General Ananda Kumar Biswas said while addressing a press conference at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity in the city’s Segun Bagicha.
He said: “During the aforesaid period, at least 141 temples were vandalized and torched while at least 165 Hindu houses were also attacked.”
Raising allegations against the ruling party-backed men for conducting attacks on minorities, he said: “The ruling party leaders and activists are mainly responsible for attacks on Hindus. The people of Hindu community were victimized in 15, 054 incidents of attack and repression this year.”
“As the leaders and activists of ruling party men are involved in most of the attacks, so the government cannot shift the responsibility to another’s shoulder,” he said.
The BJHM leaders also claimed that the victims are not getting justice due to lack of sincerity of the government, though cases have been filed with the concerned police stations in these connections.
Of the incidents of violence, the number of eviction and arson ranks the top. A total of 3,500 families have got threat of eviction while 210 families have already been evicted from their ancestral homes with an ill-intention to grab their land properties.
Besides, about 141 houses were torched along with hundreds of idols were vandalized at that time, the BJMH leaders further claimed.
The BJHM prepared the report based on newspapers articles and their community’s sources.
