A day after radical Islamists burnt down 20 Hindu homes in Pirganj Upazila in Rangpur Division of Bangladesh, victims recall horrors of the 1971 Operation Searchlight
The attackers torched a passenger vehicle at Kalipal, hurled crude bombs, vandalised a fire truck and attacked Hindu temples such as JoyKali, Jagannathbari, Kalibari Temple and Gaziganj Ashram.
Videos have emerged where violent Muslim mobs are seen pelting stones at makeshift Durga Puja pandals in Bangladesh. There are also reports of rampant loot and molestations.
Noreen Maseeh alleged that the Ghazi police initially did not lodge a First Information Report (FIR) and also claimed that the minor girl eloped on her own, willingly converted to Islam to marry her abductor.