On Friday (3rd January) night, extremists attacked the family of a Hindu journalist in Dumain village in the Faridpur district of Bangladesh.
According to reports, the journalist was identified as Saugata Bose. He is a correspondent of the Bengali daily ‘Ajker Patrika.’
The extremists laid siege to Saugata’s home on Friday at 8:30 pm and attacked his 65-year-old father Shyamlendu Bose. Saugata’s mother Kakuli Bose (60) and their minor neighbour were also thrashed.
They are being treated at the Faridpur Medical College and Hospital. The family of the scribe noticed someone inside their houses while they were watching Television.
When they chased the intruder, Shyamlendu Bose was attacked on the head with a sharp weapon. Kakuli Bose and another underage victim were also injured and left in a bloodied state
While speaking to the media, Saugata’s aunt Shukla Bose said, “Around 8:30 pm, they made a video call to me, covered in blood, begging for help. I informed the neighbours, who then rescued them and took them to the hospital.”
Journalist Saugata Bose stated, “We don’t know if there was just one attacker or multiple. We don’t have any known disputes with anyone either. This wasn’t a theft. Besides, nothing has been stolen. This must have been an attack for some other reason.”
According to doctors, the father of the Hindu journalist is in critical condition. He had suffered blood loss and a fracture to his skull.
The police, led by Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime & Operations) Shailen Chakma, is currently investigating the case.
Attack on Hindus in Bangladesh since the fall of Dhaka
OpIndia has been vetting and reporting cases of atrocities on Hindus since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina on 5th August 2024.
There have been at least 205 attacks on Hindu temples, shops and businesses within 3 days of the fall of Dhaka.
We previously exposed how Muslim students have forced as many as 60 Hindu teachers, professors and government officials to resign from their positions.
Human rights activist and exiled Bangladeshi blogger, Asad Noor, has recently revealed that the minority community is now being coerced into joining ‘Jamaat-e-Islami’.
On 6th September, a procession of Hindu devotees carrying the idol of Lord Ganesha came under attack in the Kadam Mubarak area in Chittagong city of Bangladesh.
Ahead of the Durga Puja celebrations, a radical Muslim man named Yasin Mia vandalised the idols of Goddess Durga and other Hindu deities in Gouripur town in the Mymensingh district of Bangladesh on 25th September.
In the latest series of attacks, idols of Goddess Durga and other Hindu deities were vandalised at the Rishipara Barwari Puja Mandap and the Manikadi Palpara Barwari Pujamandap on 28th September and 1st October respectively.
The attacks were carried out in Sujanagar upazila in Pabna district in Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. While a total of 4 idols were defaced at the Rishipara Barwari Puja Mandap, another 5 Hindu idols were destroyed at the Manikadi Palpara Barwari Pujamandap.
On 3rd October, 7 idols of Hindu deities were destroyed at the Gopinath Jiur Akhara Durga Puja mandap in Kishoreganj, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.
On 5th November, the Hindu community came under attack from police and law enforcement authorities in Hazari Goli in Chittagong city of Bangladesh.
On 29th November, a violent Muslim mob attacked Hindu minorities and vandalised 3 temples in Patharghata in Chittagong district of Bangladesh.
The Hindu religious sites that the Muslims targeted included the Shantaneshwari Matri Temple, the Shoni Temple, and Shantaneshwari Kalibari Temple. The attack took place immediately after the conclusion of Jumma Namaz.
On 30th November, a prominent Hindu journalist named Munni Saha was arrested by the police from Karwan Bazar in Dhaka city of Bangladesh.
A group of extremists attacked the Mahashmashan Kali Mata Mandir, vandalised 7 idols of deities and stole gold ornaments on 13th December 2024.
On 19th December, a Muslim man identified as Alal Uddin vandalised an idol at the Polashkanda Kali Temple and then attempted to create a fake alibi. The incident occurred in Haluaghat upazila in the Mymensingh district of Bangladesh.
Another 37-year-old Muslim man identified as Azharul vandalised several idols of deities in Haluaghat Upazila in the Mymensingh district of Bangladesh.
The recent arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das Prabhu and his aides, attempts at banning Hindu organisation ISKCON and stiffling Hindu protests with cases of ‘sedition’ highlight systematic persecution under the interim government of Muhammad Yunus.
There have been multiple instances of attacks on Hindus under the pretext of ‘blasphemy.’ The recent cases of Hridoy Pal, Utsab Mandal, Partha Biswas Pintu, Akash Das, Pranta Talukder and Utsab Kumar Gian are shining examples of targeted persecution.
So far, there have been many attempts to downplay violence against Hindus as ‘fake‘, ‘exaggerated‘ or ‘politically motivated‘.
