This is why there are so few Hindus still remaining in Bangladesh, and why life is so precarious there for those who have remained.
“After schoolgirl Mukti Rani Barman’s murder, now another Barman family attacked by land jihadis in Netrokona, Bangladesh,” by Ratri Bose, Hindu Post, May 7, 2023:
After the brutal murder of Hindu school girl Mukti Rani Barman by stalker Kawser Mia in broad daylight on her way home from school, Bangladesh’s northern district of Netrokona was again in the news for an attack on a Hindu family.
A local influential person has been accused of assaulting members of a Hindu family in the district’s Khaliajuri sub-district. The victim Hindu family claimed that the attack was carried out to evict them from their homes and to occupy their land illegally, popular bilingual news website of Bangladesh, Bdnews24.com has reported.
According to the report, the Hindu family complained to the police that the attack took place on Monday night. Injured Subhash Barman, Subendra Barman, Sumitra Rani Barman, Brishti Rani Barman and Reena Rani Barman have been admitted to the sub-district health complex. Sub-Inspector (SI) of Khaliajuri Police Station, Akikur Islam said that a complaint was filed on behalf of the family on Tuesday evening.
The Hindu family alleged that only a few Hindu families live in the village. Local strongman Habibur Rahman and his son Mohammad Rokunuzzan want to evict the Hindu families and take possession of their land illegally. Accused land shark father-son duo had been harassing the members of the Barman family for quite some time. It is mentioned in the complaint that the duo often threw stones at the victim’s house at night in order to frighten them.
The family members told the news website that on Monday night around 8 o’clock when the accused were pelting stones on their house, the victims protested against it. Then accused Rokunuzzaman with his accomplices attacked the Hindu family with sharp weapons. As a result, 5 members of the Hindu family were injured. Locals rescued and admitted them to hospital….
Ian Senior says
Islam is intolerant and needs to be pushed back.
Rob (Robin) Blair Harris says
Bangladesh owes its very existence to India.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I’m in the minority, but throughout the years, I always thought that India made a mistake by liberating Bangladesh: they should have annexed large parts, if not all of it, and settled Hindus there. Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s prime minister who was sheltered in India in 1975 when her father was assassinated, may have fond memories of India, but she is aging
Whoever succeeds her will have no such pro-India sentiments. Already in Bangladesh, younger muslims lament Bangladesh’s independence from Pakistan, and are enthusiastic about running a jihad against India. In the meantime, India is out to pander to Bangladesh hoping to be preferred over Beijing. Making it harder for them to support Bangladeshi Hindus