11 comments on “Hindus restrained to vote. At least Five Hindus hacked to death by Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP activists. Huge exodus due to post poll Islamic attacks on Hindu minorities in Bangladesh.”

1. Gopal Sharma

   January 6, 2014

   

   Aum ,

   Sooner or later this is gonna happen in India also ,because as i know the actual numbers of hindus is not as the government figure shows ,and the remaining hindus are striving for their survival ,what according to the the editor of mumbai based magazine Hindu Voice is “Wake Up Or Perish”.

   If some staunch hindu ask me for any solutions here it goes:-

   1)For the Students-From my personal experience and the authority/proof from the scriptures the hindus must train their children in the brahmacharya ,because to fight with the clever enemies you need some extra effort ,this will set the base for their mental as well as physical strength,also from their very beginning they will follow their own religion not the demonic code of conduct ,automatically this will help hindu community.
   For our survival we have to mixup the old gems as well as the present techniques to conquer the enemy.I am currently studying in an engineering college ,and what i have experienced that the 99% of hindus in my community have lost their virginity,and the remaining of them are waiting for their chance this applies to both males as well as females,as a result they are not interested in talk of any religious matter,not in any pro hindu discussion,the result if some of them got any reputed/responsible post they will become secular and donot support their own community.
   So bring the interest of hindu children into their own religion, we have to show them the hidden gems of their religion.
   By practicing brahmacharaya the total number of rape will also be automatically reduced.

   But the sad state is that very less hindu families are aware of this magical word,some of them don’t bother to think and those who does have their own theories that it is for sadhus saints only.

   Note:China is indirectly following the brahmacharay by introducing the Internet wall.

   2)For Grownups-the easy solution ,join RSS,BAJRANG DAL ,Bharat Swabhiman(Baba Ramdev),Ojasvi yuva(Asaram Bapu) there are many more..

   Join the Government jobs not army but the public servies also,
   a)Mass media(Very important need of hour)
   b)Law (Very much needed)
   c)Politics(Essential)
   d)Science and technology
   e)Ngo’s

   3)For the experienced: Move on,train the new guys ,what is the use of your experience if it will not help your community.

   What another problem with hindus is igo problem ,they will not get share any help with another hindu we must come out of it.

   Conclusion:We all know that hindus are suffering all over the world and no one will come to save you if you are not bothered about it so be prepared face the challenge.

   Gopal Sharma
   Pro Hindu
   gopalindians@gmail.com

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2. Sanatan Bangladesh

   January 7, 2014

   

   Attacks on Hindus in Jessore, Dinajpur

   Jessore and Dinajpur correspondents, bdnews24.com
   Published: 2014-01-06 18:35:02.0 BdST Updated: 2014-01-06 18:35:02.0 BdST

   Miscreants have attacked houses and shops of Hindus in Jessore and Dinajpur for casting vote in the 10th national elections.
   

   

   Hindu houses were vandalised, looted and torched in Maloparha of Chapatola village at Abhoynagar Upazila in Jessore on Sunday evening.

   Locals said the criminals had entered Maloparha and ransacked 150 houses damaging furniture and other valuables around 7pm.

   They also set fire to several houses and looted valuables.

   After the incident, the panic-stricken residents left the village.
   Firefighters rushed to the spot and doused the flame immediately.

   Jessore Assistant Superintendent of Police (Sadar) Reshma Sharmin said activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, an ally of opposition BNP, had carried out the attack at a time when the administration was busy with counting of votes.

   The Opposition boycotted the elections held on Sunday. It enforced shutdown and blockade to thwart it.

   Police will file a case, the ASP said.

   A local MP, Jessore Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police visited the spot on Monday morning.

   The affected families were given 200 blankets.

   Ranjit Roy, who was elected in Sunday’s polls, alleged the Jamaat activists had carried out the attack at the instigation of his opponent Sheikh Abdul Ohab.

   Abdul Ohab was not available for comments.

   bdnew24.com Dinajpur correspondent said over 100 Hindu houses and shops were vandalised and set on fire in Kornai village of Chehelgazi Union of Sadar Upazila.

   The affected families took shelter at the house of a local social worker Rezaul Karim.

   Hundreds of Jamaat activists continued the attacks on Hindu houses and shops with crude weapons and sticks for three hours on Sunday night.

   They also ransacked and set fire to many houses and shops at the time.

   The victims alleged the BNP and Jamaat activists had attacked their houses for casting vote.

   They alleged they had informed the administration about the attack immediately after it was unleashed but did not get any response.

   Kotwali Police Station OC Altaf Hossain said they were busy in election duty.

   He said action would be taken against those responsible.

   District BNP General Secretary Mukut Chowdhury denied allegation of the involvement of his party in the attacks.

   Local MP Iqbalur Rahim and administration officials visited the area on Monday morning.

   link: http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/01/06/attacks-on-hindus-in-jessore-dinajpur

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3. Alaap Mookherjee

   January 7, 2014

   

   4 killed in post-poll violence in Bangladesh, minority leaders demand protection

   PTI : Dhaka, Mon Jan 06 2014, 16:17 hrs SmallLargePrint

   Four people were killed in Bangladesh on Monday when clashes broke out between supporters of ruling Awami League and one of its allies on the outskirts of the capital, taking the death toll to 25 in poll-related violence.

   

   Four people, including a man and his son, were killed and 15 others wounded in a clash between activists of the ruling Awami League and its ally Jatiya Party (JP) in Dohar sub district, reports said.

   Two of the injured were sent to Dhaka in a critical condition.

   JP candidate Salma Islam, who was recently inducted in the cabinet as a junior minister, defeated Abdul Mannan Khan who was the state minister for works.

   The two contested the polls yesterday, though in most places the two parties managed to reach a consensus in fielding common candidates.

   The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led 18 party alliance boycotted the polls and spearheaded a violent campaign to thwart the elections along with its key-ally fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami.

   Twenty-one people were killed in poll-related violence yesterday.

   minority leaders demand more protection for their communities..

   Human rights groups and Hindu leaders in Bangladesh today demanded more security for religious minorities amid reports that members of the community were attacked in several parts of the country during elections.

   Activists of main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its key-ally fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami attacked Hindu households in western Jessore and northwestern Dinajpur, local media reports said.

   The Daily Star and several other newspapers said the activists vandalised 130 Hindu houses and torched another 10 in Malopara village as they went to cast votes defying the opposition call for the boycott.

   Police, however, said 70 to 80 men attacked the village but joint forces comprising police and paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh chased them away.

   The activists threatened the Hindus of dire consequence for voting, sparking panic and prompting the army “striking forces” intervention.

   “We were on election duty. In spite of that we rushed here to protect the villagers,” Maj Rahman last night said, adding that a temporary police camp was installed at the area.

   “Some 400 Hindus were forced to flee their homes and take refuge on the other side of the local Bhairab river fearing fresh attacks,” Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddho-Cristian Oikya Parishad vice president Kajal Debnath told PTI.

   Other reports said Hindus came under attack also at Pornia area in northwestern Dinajpur overnight where the opposition activists severely assaulted 10 elderly people of the community and vandalised over 10 houses for defying their calls for election boycott.

   But the army intervened, forcing the activists to flee.

   “We demand intensified protection…we don’t want to be traded off politically or used for anybody’s political purpose,” Debnath told PTI in an apparent reference to a perception that the Hindus were traditionally supporters of Awami League, which pursue a policy of secularism.

   He added: “Keep me (Hindus) beyond (political) focus, I don’t want to be a victim.”

   According to media reports, only a small number of Hindus cast their votes in north-western Lalmonirhat and southwestern Satkhira either fearing attacks by opposition activists.

   They said most of the Hindu villagers were annoyed with the government for not taking adequate steps for their protection during earlier such attacks in recent months when the opposition spearheaded anti-government campaigns.

   Link: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/4-killed-in-postpoll-violence-in-bangladesh-minority-leaders-demand-protection/1216010/

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4. Sanatan Bangladesh

   January 7, 2014

   

   Terror on Hindus
   BNP-Jamaat men vandalise 130 houses, burn another 10 in Abhaynagar
   Star Report
   
   A man being taken to a hospital after Jamaat activists beat him up for going to a polling station to vote in Satkania of Chittagong yesterday. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
   A couple of hours after yesterday’s voting ended, BNP-Jamaat men unleashed terror on a Hindu village in Abhaynagar upazila of Jessore.
   They vandalised 130 houses of the minority community and torched 10 more in Malopara village because the villagers had cast their votes.
   About 600 Hindus of the village swam across the Bhairab River and took shelter in Diyapara village under Sridhar union to save their lives.
   Villagers and police said wielding sharp weapons and sticks some 250 Jamaat-Shibir and BNP men led by Ariful Aksu and Kashem Ali had attacked the village around 6:00pm. During the 30-minute havoc, the attackers also looted valuables from the Hindu houses.
   Officer-in-Charge Emdad Hossain of Abhaynagar Police Station said the attack was made after 70 to 80 men had beat up two Hindu men, Biswanath and Shyamol, for casting vote.
   To save the two and disperse the attackers, members of the joint force fired six blank shots. While leaving the scene Jamaat-Shibir men threatened the Hindus of dire consequence for casting votes defying their directives.
   About an hour after the attack had been launched on Malopara, a contingent of the joint force led by Maj Anisur Rahman of Border Guard Bangladesh reached the scene.
   “We were on election duty. In spite of that we rushed here to protect the villagers,” Maj Rahman told The Daily Star last night.
   According to Maj Anis of the joint force, several houses were ransacked and only one house was torched in the attack.
   “Most of the villagers returned home,” he said, adding that a temporary police camp had been set up in Malopara on villagers’ request.
   The villagers last night filed a case naming 100 Jamaat-Shibir and BNP men in connection with the attack.
   The joint force has launched drives in the area to arrest the culprits.
   Meanwhile, a handful of Hindus cast their votes in Lalmonirhat and Satkhira yesterday as the majority of the community there either feared attacks by Jamaat-Shibir or were unhappy with the ruling party for not protecting them.
   The two constituencies of Lalmonirhat, where the voting took place, spread over the sadar, Hatibandha and Patgram upazilas. Minorities in these areas have recently come under attack by activists of Jamaat-e Islami, a major component of the BNP-led opposition, and its student body Islami Chhatra Shibir.
   At Ghoshpara village in Patgram, only 10-12 out of 280 voters exercised their franchise in the 10th national polls.
   “The remaining voters did not turn up as they were under threat from Jamaat-Shibir men of the village,” said Rajani Kanto Ghosh, a voter aged 48.
   He added he had stayed at home all day in fear of attacks.
   Besides, Rajani said, he had no interest in the election because the ruling Awami League had not extended its support to the Hindus even after the November 28 and December 15 attacks.
   Alleged Jamaat-Shibir activists beat up women and children and looted and torched shops and houses in Ghoshpara village on November 28 during an opposition-enforced countrywide blockade. At least 55 Hindu families fled the area on December 15 following threats and attacks.
   Sindurmoti village in Lalmonirhat has 4,000 voters, 90 percent of whom are Hindus. But not a single vote was cast at Sindurmoti Government Primary School polling centre, reported our correspondent.
   At Bawra village of Patgram upazila, some 25 Hindus cast their votes whereas the total number of minority voters is 300.
   Local community leader Niharanjan Das, 56, told The Daily Star that they had not gone out to vote fearing attacks by opposition men, especially those of Jamaat-Shibir.
   Gopal Chandra Barman, general secretary of Lalmonirhat Puja Udjapan Parishad, claimed that only 4 to 5 percent of the Hindu voters had exercised their franchise.
   Similar cases were reported from Satkhira.
   Not a single voter was seen at 4:00pm at Godaghata Government Primary School in Satkhira’s Shibpur union, reported our correspondent.
   The presiding officer of the polling station said opposition men had blasted cocktails there at dawn. The centre had been partially burnt the day before.
   A farmer passing by, Aftab Hossain said,”They [Jamaat-Shibir] threatened us with dire consequences if we vote. Why get into all the hassle?”
   Presiding officer Azizur Rahman of Agordari Kamil Madrassa in Godaghata said not a single vote had been cast though he had a list of 1,876 voters.
   “How will voters of these areas cast their votes? The Hindus fled because they had been targeted by Jamaat-Shibir men. And those who belong to Jamaat-Shibir are on the run from the joint forces,” said Lavlu Rahman of the area.
   Meanwhile, two houses of Hindu families in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi were burnt down Saturday night.
   An attack on a larger scale was made in Dinajpur on the minority community around 6:00pm yesterday, in which 30 shops, 65 houses, and paddies were torched.

   Published: 12:02 am Monday, January 06, 2014 Link: http://www.thedailystar.net/terror-on-hindus-5670

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5. Alaap Mookherjee

   January 7, 2014

   

   Hindu Minorities attacked in 4 districts in Bangladesh
   
   Minorities attacked in 4 districts
   January 7, 2014 12:51 am
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   Ittefaq Report
   

   Jamaat-Shibir cadres launched despicable attacks on Hindu communities in four districts the day after the 10th parliamentary elections. Hundreds of houses of the minority community were torched and looted since Sunday night in Dinjapur, Jessore, Satkhira and Thakurgaon. A large number of Hindus took shelter in the temples, while others have fled to other villages. They are too scared to return even after assurances from local administration.

   Dinajpur: Jamaat-Shibir cadres torched at least 150 houses in Hindu communities in Kornai village since Sunday night. At least 350 houses and 50 shops of five villages including Pritampara, Sahapara, Profullahpara, Telipara, Madhabpara and Ajaypara. Residents of at least eight unions in different upazilas of the district are the worst sufferers of the violence. 20-25 Hindu families from affected remote villages had left their homes and taken refuge in nearby towns. To handle the situation, law enforcement agencies have launched a joint drive in the district from Monday to restore law and order. However, this has not proved to be enough to remove the security concern among the minority people.

   Jessore: Miscreants vandalised at least 46 Hindu houses and establishments and torched 6 more on Sunday night. They accused the victims of voting for Awami League. About 200 residents of Malopara took shelter at Deyapara village across the river Bhairab following the attack. Jessore Police Super Jaydev Kumar Bhadra inspected the villages. In instant response, Avaynagar administration distributed 200 blankets among the victims. There have been allegations that police, ruling Awami league leaders and the administration didn’t promptly respond to their calls of help. Police arrived much later after the carnage was complete.

   Thakurgaon: Led by Jamaat, opposition men yesterday unleashed fierce post-election violence upon the religious minorities in Thakurgaon. The marauding Jamaat-Shibir and BNP activists clashed with law enforcers and ruling party men, attacked election officials and went on a rampage. They damaged and looted 65 houses and 30 shops and set afire paddies stored at courtyards in several homes. Locals in two villages in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila alleged that Jamaat-BNP men, brandishing lethal weapons, roamed through their areas and threatened to kill them for casting votes.

   Satkhira: After a clash between Awami League and BNP supporters, Jamaat-BNP men with sharp weapons, sticks and iron rods attacked the Hindus and others Awami League supporters. Several hundred Hindus and ruling Awami League leaders of Satkhira have been fleeing their homes over the last few days in the wake of massive violence unleashed by Jamaat-Shibir men in the district. Satkhira Superintendent of Police Chowdhury Manjurul Kabir said the situation would improve as the election hype dies down.

   Link: http://www.clickittefaq.com/more-stories/minorities-attacked-4-districts/

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6. Sanatan Bangladesh

   January 7, 2014

   

   চাঁপাতলায় শুধুই কান্না
   রাজীব নূর ও মাসুদ আলম, অভয়নগর (যশোর) থেকে | আপডেট: ১১:১৯, জানুয়ারি ০৭, ২০১৪ | প্রিন্ট সংস্করণ
   ১০১
   

   খাবারের জন্য কাঁদছে শিশু বিপাশা বর্মণ। কাঁদছেন মা সঞ্চিতা বর্মণও। কারণ, ঘরে খাবার নেই। খাবার আসবে কোথা থেকে? ঘরই তো নেই! ঘরদোর, সহায়-সম্বল গেছে এমন ১২২টি সংখ্যালঘু পরিবারের। গত রোববার নির্বাচনের পর রাতে যশোরের অভয়নগর উপজেলার চাঁপাতলা গ্রামের মালোপাড়ায় বাড়িতে হামলা, ভাঙচুর ও লুটপাট চালানো হয়। পুড়িয়ে দেওয়া হয় ১০টি বাড়ি। জামায়াত-শিবির এ নারকীয় হামলা চালিয়েছে বলে জানান স্থানীয় লোকজন । ছবি: এহসান-উদ-দৌলানৌকা থেকে নেমে পোঁটলা-পুঁটলি মাথায় ও কাঁধে নিয়ে বাড়ির দিকে হাঁটছে শতাধিক নারী-পুরুষ-শিশু। চোখে-মুখে আতঙ্ক। ভৈরব নদের তীরে দাঁড়ানো শত শত লোক তাদের স্বাগত জানাচ্ছেন। এ যেন শরণার্থী শিবির থেকে ঘরে ফেরা।
   বাড়িতে ফিরেই নিজের সাজানো ঘরের বীভৎস চেহারা দেখে কান্নায় ভেঙে পড়লেন চন্দনা বিশ্বাস (৩৭)। তাঁর তিন মেয়ে, এক ছেলে। হামলাকারীরা পুড়িয়ে দিয়েছে তাঁর ঘরের আসবাব, লেপ-তোশক, বিছানা। জীবনধারণের একমাত্র অবলম্বন মাছ ধরার জালগুলোও অক্ষত নেই। করেছে লুটপাটও। আতঙ্কে স্তব্ধ চন্দনার স্বামী সঞ্জয় বিশ্বাস (৪০)। অজানা ভবিষ্যতের কথা ভেবে শঙ্কিত তাঁদের মতো শত শত নারী-পুরুষ-শিশু।
   গত রোববার ভোট শেষ হওয়ার পর সন্ধ্যায় যশোরের অভয়নগর উপজেলার চাঁপাতলা গ্রামের মালোপাড়ায় তাণ্ডব চালায় দুর্বৃত্তরা। জ্বালিয়ে দেয় বসতবাড়ি। এরপর গ্রামের প্রায় সবাই ভৈরব নদের ওপারে দেয়াপাড়ায় আশ্রয় নেন। গতকাল তাঁরা নিজেদের বাড়িতে ফিরে আসেন।
   কাল ওই গ্রামের সর্বত্র ছিল কান্নার রোল। খাওয়ার মতো কিছু ছিল না ঘরে। কী খাবেন, রাতে আবার সেই নারকীয় হামলা হবে কি না, সেই আতঙ্ক আর অনিশ্চয়তায় বিধ্বস্ত ঘরের দিকে ফ্যাল ফ্যাল করে তাকিয়ে আছে মানুষগুলো।
   যশোর-৪ আসনের নবনির্বাচিত সাংসদ রণজিত রায়, জেলা প্রশাসক মোস্তাফিজুর রহমান ও পুলিশ সুপার জয়দেব ভদ্রসহ স্থানীয় জনপ্রতিনিধি এবং আওয়ামী লীগের নেতারা ঘটনাস্থল পরিদর্শন করেছেন। জেলা প্রশাসনের পক্ষ থেকে তাৎক্ষণিকভাবে ২০০ কম্বল, দুই টন চাল ও নগদ এক লাখ টাকা দেওয়া হয়েছে।
   ভুক্তভোগীদের অভিযোগ, ঘটনার এক ঘণ্টা আগে বিষয়টি আঁচ করতে পেরে আওয়ামী লীগের নেতা ও স্থানীয় পুলিশ প্রশাসনকে জানানো হলেও কেউ তাদের রক্ষায় এগিয়ে আসেনি।
   ক্ষোভ ঝরে পড়ে বাসন্তী সরকারের (৪৫) কণ্ঠে, ‘আক্রান্ত হওয়ার পর সাহায্যের জন্য বারবার মোবাইলে আওয়ামী লীগ নেতাদের অনুরোধ করা হয়। কিন্তু তাঁরা এগিয়ে আসেননি। এখন এসে সবাই দরদ দেখাচ্ছেন।’
   চাঁপাতলা গ্রামের এক প্রান্তে অবস্থিত নিম্নবর্গীয় হিন্দুদের ১১২টি পরিবার পুরুষ পরম্পরায় বসবাস করে আসছে। পেশায় মূলত মৎস্যজীবী এ পরিবারগুলোর সবাই হামলার শিকার হয়েছে। পুড়িয়ে দেওয়া হয়েছে ওই পাড়ার ১০টি বাড়ি। ১০২টি পরিবারের মাত্র দুটি ঘর ছাড়া সব ঘরেই ভাঙচুর ও লুটপাট চালানো হয়েছে। প্রায় দুই ঘণ্টা ধরে চালানো তাণ্ডবে কমপক্ষে ২০ জন আহত হয়েছে। গুরুতর আহত চারজন হাসপাতালে চিকিৎসাধীন।
   এলাকাবাসী ও স্থানীয় প্রশাসন বলছে, জামায়াত-শিবির এ তাণ্ডব চালিয়েছে। জামায়াত-শিবিরের স্থানীয় নেতাদের সঙ্গে কথা বলার চেষ্টা করা হলেও তাঁদের পাওয়া যায়নি।
   এলাকাবাসী বলেন, জামায়াত-শিবিরের তাণ্ডবে আতঙ্কিত হয়ে সাঁতরে নদ পাড়ি দিতে হয়েছিল তাঁদের অনেককেই। নদ পাড়ি দিয়ে দেয়াপাড়া গ্রামের পালপাড়া এলাকার পূজামণ্ডপে আশ্রয় নেন কালীদাসী সরকার। তিনি বলেন, ‘১৫ বছরের ছেলের হাত ধরে সাঁতরে নদী পাড়ি দিয়েছি। একে তো শীতকাল। তারপর সন্ধ্যা। মনে হচ্ছিল নদীর হিম পানিতে বুঝি ডুবে মারা যাব।’
   নদ পাড়ি দিতে গিয়ে পরনের শাড়িটিও হারিয়েছেন মায়া রানী মণ্ডল। পরে দেয়াপাড়ার একজনের শাড়ি পরে বাড়ি ফিরেছেন। ২০ বছর আগে স্বামীকে হারিয়েছেন মায়া। তিনটি অনাথ মেয়েকে বড় করে বিয়ে দিয়েছেন। এখন একা থাকেন ছোট্ট একটি ঘরে। গতকাল বাড়ি ফিরে দেখেন তাঁর ঘরটি আর বসবাসের উপযোগী নেই।
   মালোপাড়ার আতঙ্কিত মানুষকে সাহায্য করার জন্য দেয়াপাড়ার পালপাড়া থেকে নৌকা নিয়ে এগিয়ে এসেছিল কেউ কেউ। দেয়াপাড়ার সেই সব মানুষের একজন রবীন্দ্রনাথ ব্যানার্জি বলেন, ‘আমরা আসতে না পারলে নদে ডুবে মারা যেত ছোট বাচ্চারা। বাচ্চারা বাড়ি ফেরার কথা শুনে ভয়ে আতঙ্কে শিউরে উঠছে।’
   তাণ্ডবের সময় গ্রাম ছেড়ে যায়নি নির্মল বর্মণের পরিবার। তাঁর পুত্রবধূ সঞ্চিতা বলেন, ‘আমিই শ্বশুর মশাইকে বলেছিলাম, বাবা আমরা কোথাও যাব না। মরলে সবাই একসঙ্গে মরব। কানবার যেন কেউ না থাকে।’
   খোঁজ নিয়ে জানা গেছে, চাঁপাতলার পাশের চেঙ্গুটিয়া ও বালিয়াডাঙ্গা গ্রাম দুটিতে জামায়াত-শিবিরের শক্তিশালী ঘাঁটি। অভয়নগর উপজেলা জামায়াতে ইসলামীর আমির আবদুল আজিজের গ্রামের বাড়ি বালিয়াডাঙ্গায়। এ দুটি গ্রামের জামায়াত-শিবিরের কর্মীরা গত ২৮ ফেব্রুয়ারি দেলাওয়ার হোসাইন সাঈদীর ফাঁসির রায় ঘোষিত হওয়ার পর থেকে যশোর-খুলনা মহাসড়কের একটি বড় এলাকাজুড়ে নাশকতা চালিয়ে যাচ্ছেন।
   ভোটের দুই দিন আগে শুক্রবার পানের বরজে আগুন দেওয়া হয় বলে জানান মালোপাড়ার বাসিন্দা সুনীল কুমার সরকার। বিষয়টি পুলিশকে জানানো হলে তারা একবার গ্রামে এসে দেখে গিয়েছিল। আতঙ্কিত গ্রামবাসী পুলিশ ক্যাম্প স্থাপনের দাবি জানিয়েছেন।
   পুলিশ সুপার জয়দেব ভদ্র বলেন, মালোপাড়ায় একটি অস্থায়ী পুলিশ ক্যাম্প করা হয়েছে। যতক্ষণ পর্যন্ত ওই পাড়ার বাসিন্দারা নিরাপদ বোধ করবেন না, ততক্ষণ ক্যাম্পটি থাকবে।
   অভয়নগর থানার ভারপ্রাপ্ত কর্মকর্তা (ওসি) এমদাদুল হক বলেন, নির্বাচনী ব্যস্ততার জন্য মালোপাড়ার নিরাপত্তা নিশ্চিত করার বিষয়টি গুরুত্বের সঙ্গে নেওয়া যায়নি। নির্বাচনের পর এমন হামলা হবে, তা ধারণার মধ্যে ছিল না। তিনি বলেন, প্রাথমিক তদন্তে এ ঘটনার জন্য জামায়াত-শিবির দায়ী, এটা নিশ্চিত হওয়া গেছে। এরই মধ্যে অভিযুক্ত তিনজনকে গ্রেপ্তার করা হয়েছে। পুলিশ ৩০ জনের নাম পেয়েছে।

   Link: http://www.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/article/117478/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%87_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE

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7. Alaap Mookherjee

   January 7, 2014

   

   Hindus under threat
   Hundreds leave home in panic as Jamaat-BNP-led post-polls terror strikes them in several districts
   Star Report
   Hindus under threat
   Hundreds of local Hindus take refuge at a temple in Goreya upazila since Sunday night in fear of attacks by Jamaat-BNP men. Photo: Star/ Focus Bangla
   It has been a long period of 43 years. Yet Hindus in Bangladesh remain vulnerable to attacks by anti-liberation forces.
   Hundreds of Hindu families who fled their homes following post-poll violence in different districts on Sunday are scared to return as the administration could not ensure their security.
   As soon as the voting ended on Sunday afternoon, BNP and Jamaat-Shibir men looted, vandalised and burned Hindu houses in Thakurgaon, Dinajpur, Rangpur, Bogra, Lalmonirhat, Rajshahi, Chittagong and Jessore.
   The raids remind many of the atrocities by the Pakistani occupation forces and their collaborators in 1971.
   “We left our house in 1971 as the Pakistan army and razakars set fire to our village. And we are passing through the same ordeal in 2014,” lamented Bishwajit Sarkar of Malopara village in Abhaynagar, Jessore.

   Hindus under threat
   Hindus and Awami Leaguers of Chehelgazi union in Dinajpur, attempt to leave the area following attacks on their homes, businesses and properties. Photo: Star/ Focus Bangla
   His small shop was looted and fishing nets at his house were burned down.
   Bishwajit’s neighbour Mayarani is an elderly woman who works as a domestic help in nearby houses. Jamaat-Shibir activists looted all her belongings, even the small quantity of rice she had stored in her hut.
   While talking to our Jessore correspondent, she said she now had only one item of clothing left, and that was the saree she was wearing.
   Her house was destroyed as well.
   According to villagers, Jamaat-Shibir activists of Prembag, Chanpadanga, Bahirghat, Beledanga and some adjacent areas threatened the voters of Malopara not to go to the polling stations.
   But the villagers went to the polling centre at Chanpatola Alia Madrasa one by one to cast their vote.
   Enraged, Jamaat-Shibir activists numbering about four to five hundred wreaked a two-hour mayhem from the evening. They exploded about 250 bombs, vandalised one hundred houses and torched 10 to 12 others.
   There were 1,200 to 1,500 people in the village, inhabited mostly by fishermen. About 700 of them left immediately after the attack. They took shelter near Deyapara village after crossing the river Bhairab, swimming or by boat or trawler. And a number of people hid in different orchards.

   Hindus under threat
   Jamaat-Shibir men go on the rampage, in Kornai Bazar of Dinajpur Sunday evening. Photo: Star/ Focus Bangla
   Locals said they had called police, ruling Awami league leaders and the administration over the mobile phones but nobody came to help. Police were seen after 9:00pm, when it was all over.
   Our Thakurgaon correspondent, during a visit yesterday afternoon found about twelve hundred people from five hundred Hindu families of Gopalpur village sheltered at a temple of Iscon (International Society for Krishna Consciousness).
   Following a clash between Awami League and BNP supporters that left one dead and a few hundred injured, Jamaat-BNP men with sharp weapons, sticks and iron rods attacked Hindus and other Awami League supporters.
   Our Dinajpur correspondent reports, at least 350 houses and 50 shops of five villages, including Pritampara, Sahapara, Profullahpara, Telipara, Madhabpara and Ajaypara of Kornai village under were damaged, set ablaze and looted.
   According to locals, around 2,000 Jamaat-Shibir men armed with sharp weapons and sticks launched the attack at Kornai village around 5:30pm Sunday.
   “My house was set on fire. All my valuables were burnt to ashes,” said Fonibala Roy, wife of Santosh Chandra Roy. She showed our correspondent the gutted books of her daughter, an SSC examinee this year.
   Several hundred Hindu men, women and children fled after the attack.
   Iqbalur Rahim, lawmaker-elect of Dinajpur-3, visited some of the affected areas yesterday and asked people not to leave as the government would secure their safety.
   In Chittagong too, Hindus are under threat following attacks on Sunday night in Satkania, Loahagara and Banshkhali upazilas, considered Jamaat-Shibir strongholds.
   In Loahagara, Jamaat-Shibir rowdies vandalised and looted several shops owned by Hindus at Hindur Haat in Kolujan, said locals and police.
   They also tried to vandalise a nearby temple, but locals resisted them, reports our Chittagong office.
   Besides, the Jamaat-BNP men also attacked Hindus in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur and Nandigram upazila in Bogra, report our correspondents.

   
   Mayarani, first from right, stands beside her tin hut destroyed by Jamaat-Shibir men. On her right are her two daughters, who came to visit her yesterday from their in-laws’. Photo: Star

   
   The house of a Hindu family in Malopara village in Jessore bears the signs of a post-polls attack. Photo: Star

   Link: http://www.thedailystar.net/hindus-under-threat-5781

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8. Sanatan Bangladesh

   January 8, 2014

   

   হিন্দুরা জেনে রাখো তোমার প্রতিবেশী মুসলমান কত ভয়ঙ্কর হতে পারে। …..
   বাংলাদেশে হিন্দু সংখ্যালঘু মানুষ আজ আওয়ামী লীগের উন্নাসিকতার আবর্তে চোখের সামনেই জামাত – বি এন পির সহিংসতার শিকার। …..
   একবার পড়ে দেখো>>> http://www.banglanews24.com/detailsnews.php?nssl=cd48edfc55301d99813271e97a13451a&nttl=07012014254836

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9. Brajgopal Dey

   April 5, 2014

   

   Am in death risk coz some political mussle men asking me money n in another day they caught n beaten me ,now they asking me much money n if I don’t pay than will kill me coz am Hindu minority, need help

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