On Saturday (29th March), a Muslim mob laid siege to the house of a Hindu man and carried out violence and vandalism under the pretext of ‘blasphemy’. The incident occurred in Sakhipur Upazila in Tangail district of Bangladesh.
According to reports, the victim was identified as Shankar Saha. The Muslims claimed that the Hindu man posted ‘offensive content’ on Facebook and used it as an excuse to vandalise his house of the Hindu man.
Besides breaking his furniture and ransacking his house, the extremists also set fire to a photo of Goddess Lakshmi and carried out desecration of the Hindu deity. Sakhipur Police Station OC Md. Zakir Hossain has confirmed the development
ধর্ম অবমাননার গুজব ছড়িয়ে টাঙ্গাইলের সখীপুর উপজেলার শংকর সাহার বাড়ীতে হামলা, লুটপাট এবং হিন্দুদের দেবী লক্ষ্মীর ছবিতে আগুন লাগিয়ে প্রকাশ্যে তা পুড়িয়ে দিচ্ছে উগ্রবাদী মুসলিমরা!!#savebangladeshihindustemple#AllEyesOnBangladeshiHindus @RadharamnDas @ANI @hrw @grok @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/l9UFc2ZSQv
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Scary visuals of the incident have now surfaced on social media. It has also come to light that the Muslims carried out the attack in a premeditated manner after the conclusion of the evening prayers.
In the meantime, the Hindu man informed the police that his Facebook ID had been hacked. OpIndia had previously reported a series of incidents wherein Muslims have strategically carried out attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh in the name of ‘blasphemy.’
