On Monday (5th August), the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council released a list of attacks that took place on Hindu temples, houses and establishments that belonged to the Hindu community in the country.
The attacks happened amidst the political turmoil taking place in Bangladesh. According to X handle Voice of Bangladeshi Hindus, these attacks happened within five hours. Notably, the actual number of attacks could be much higher than reported in the list below. The document has listed 54 attacks.
These incidents happened within 5 hours. The genocide is still going on.
— Voice of Bangladeshi Hindus 🇧🇩 (@VoiceofHindu71) August 5, 2024
It could be more than that.#AllEyesOnBangladeshiHindus pic.twitter.com/voPqyV4i2a
According to the list, in Sherpur, the house of the president of the Sribardi Upazila Youth Unity Council was attacked, vandalised and looted.
In Khulna, the houses of Shyamal Kumar Das and Swajan Kumar Das in Highgate village of Rupsa Thana area, houses of Biman Bihari Amit, president of the Khulna District Unity Council and Animesh Sarkar Rinku, president of the Youth Unity Council in Tootpara of Khulna city, house of Jayanta Gain in Amtali Banisanta, Dacope, and houses of the minority community in Darpara, Koyra were attacked, vandalised and looted.
In Feni, the Durga Temple was attacked. In Dinajpur, the Fulthala cremation ground was forcefully occupied. Five temples including Kali Mandir in Parbatipur were vandalised. Minority community houses were attacked and looted in Setabganj Bochakganj and Dhalla village of Chirirbandar Thana area.
List released of attacks against Hindu communities today in Bangladesh after the government was toppled this morning.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 5, 2024
Has anyone seen an English translation of the list?
It was released by the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council pic.twitter.com/MCWn41jtj0
House and office of businessman Deepak Saha, leader of Puja Celebration Council in Lakshmipur was attacked, vandalised and looted. The houses of Nakul Kumar and Suhsanta in Agarupur village of Kuliarchar in Koshorganj were burnt. The House of Ujjal Chakraborty in Rauzan of Chattogram was attacked and looted.
In Jashore, three houses in Dhopaidi Palpara village of Abhayanagar were burnt. 22 shops including the warehouse of Babul Saha vandalised and looted in Narikel Bariya of Bagharpara, minority homes were attacked in Keshabpur, Bechpara and Barmanpara.
In Satkhaira, minority shops were looted in Kolaroa, the house of Biswajit Sadhu, president of the District Unity Council was attacked, looted and burnt and the house of Dr Subrata Ghosh, central assistant organizational secretary of the Unity Council, was attacked and burnt.
In Shayestaganj Bazaar, Habiganj, there was a violent attack, vandalism, and looting at the shop of Asit Baran Das, the president of the Upazila Unity Council. Minority homes in Lohagara, Narail, were subjected to an attack that included vandalism, looting, and harassment, causing significant distress and damage.
Bogra witnessed multiple incidents of violence. In Tilpatti, Bargola, 5-7 minority shops were attacked, vandalised, and looted. Similarly, the house of Dr Gautam Kumar Mondal in Sahapukur village, Dupchanchia Upazila, was attacked and looted.
In Patuakhali, the Radha Govinda Temple in Kuakata was attacked and vandalised. The house of Ananta Mukherjee was attacked, vandalised, and looted. Minority homes in wards 2 and 3 of the Sadar, Panchagarh, were attacked, vandalised, and looted.
The house of Sahadev Roy in Sonadia, Hatiya, Noakhali, was attacked and looted. In Thakurgaon, minority homes in the Sadar were attacked, vandalised, and looted. Additionally, in ward 2 of Pirganj, the cremation temple was attacked and burnt.
Jhenaidah saw extensive violence with ongoing attacks, vandalism, and looting at the homes of 10 minority families in Chaklapara municipality. Minority shops in Kotchandpur were also attacked and lotted.
In Hathuria, Bera Thana, and Pabna, minority homes were attacked, vandalised, and looted. In Nilphamari, minority homes in Bamunia Union, Domar Upazila, were attacked, vandalised, and looted. There was an attempted attack on minority homes in the Barakali Bari area.
Additionally, the house of journalist Dulal Saha in the Sadar was also attacked, vandalised, and looted. In Shariatpur, the Dhanuka Temple in the Sadar was vandalised. Nearby minority homes were attacked, vandalised, and looted.
The house of Amiya Prasad in Panchagram Union, Sadar, Lalmonirhat, was attacked, vandalised, and looted. In Mymensingh, a mob attacked the house of Shyamal Pal in Ward 32 of Shambhuganj.
In Netrokona the Ramakrishna Mission and ISKCON temple in the Sadar were attacked and vandalised. Minority homes were also attacked, vandalised, and looted by the mob. Minority homes in the Sadar, Munshiganj, were attacked, vandalised, and looted.
In Faridganj Upazila, Chandpur, the house of Haripada Das was attacked, vandalised, and looted. An attempted attack and vandalism were reported at the house of Ram Doctor in Araihazar, Narayanganj.
Visuals of attack on Hindus went viral on social media
Apart from the list, there have been several videos and images that went viral on social media of attacks on Hindus’ houses, businesses and temples in Bangladesh in guise of violence against the government. OpIndia could not verify the authenticity of all the videos.
X handle Raju Das (RajuDas777) shared several posts of such videos. In one of the videos, mob was seen attacking the house of Bamunia Palpara Hindus in Gabtali Upazila of Bogra District, Bangladesh.
Islamic fundamentalists attacked the house of Bamunia Palpara Hindus in Gabtali Upazila of Bogra District, Bangladesh.#AllEyesOnBangladeshiHindus #HinduLivesMatter#SaveBangladeshiHindus2024 #WeWantJustice #SaveBangladeshiHindus pic.twitter.com/rqgxmEWM1T
— Raju Das 🇧🇩 (@RajuDas7777) August 5, 2024
In another post, a video of a Hindu girl in distress was shared by Raju Das in Mathbaria police station area in Pirojpur district of Bangladesh. The girl was seen pleading for help in the video in Bangla.
An attack by Islamic fundamentalist groups in a Hindu house under Mathbaria police station in Pirojpur district of Bangladesh.#AllEyesOnBangladeshiHindus #HinduLivesMatter#SaveBangladeshiHindus2024 #WeWantJustice #SaveBangladeshiHindus pic.twitter.com/ssKMwlEBHQ
— Raju Das 🇧🇩 (@RajuDas7777) August 5, 2024
In yet another video, Shani Temple in Navgraha Bari in Chittagong was burnt by the mobsters.
A Islamic fanatic group set fire on Shani temple at Navgraha Bari near laldighi in Chittagong, Bangladesh.#AllEyesOnBangladeshiHindus#SaveBangladeshiHindus2024 #SaveBangladeshiHindus@highlight pic.twitter.com/jvCVQtHGGX
— Raju Das 🇧🇩 (@RajuDas7777) August 5, 2024
A Hindu temple was attacked in Shibpur Upazila, Narsingdi District at around 5 PM.
Islamic fundamentalists attack a Hindu temple in Bharat Kandi, Shibpur Upazila, Narsingdi District, Bangladesh.
— Raju Das 🇧🇩 (@RajuDas7777) August 5, 2024
Time: 5 pm today.#SaveBangladeshiHindus#SaveBangladeshiHindus2024 pic.twitter.com/lcEt41icLi
A Spokesperson for ISKCON India, Yudhistir Govinda Das, said in a post, As per the info I have received, one of our ISKCON center (rented) in Meherpur (Khulna division) was burnt including with the deities of Lord Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra Devi. 3 devotees who lived in the center some how managed to escape & survived.”
Bangladesh Update
— Yudhistir Govinda Das (@yudhistirGD) August 5, 2024
As per the info I have received, one of our ISKCON center (rented) in Meherpur (Khulna division) was burnt including with the deities of Lord Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra Devi.
3 devotees who lived in the center some how managed to escape & survived.
In a video shared by Visegrad 24, Islamists were seen surrounding houses of Hindus and threatening people inside.
BREAKING:
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 5, 2024
Islamists attack a Hindu village in Bangladesh.
They surround the homes and threaten the people inside.
At the end of the video, they enter the house and lead the Hindus out, rounding them up and forcing them out of the village
🇧🇩🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/ZLIOiLZIRJ
According to Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star, houses and businesses belonging to the Hindu community were attacked in 27 districts. According to the report, the homes of Pradip Chandra Roy and Muhin Roy were vandalised and looted in Telipara village and Thana road, respectively in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila.
In Kaliganj upazila, the homes of four Hindu families in Chandrapur village were attacked. 12 Hindu houses in Hatibandha upazila’s Purbo Sardubi village were burnt while several Hindu houses were vandalised and looted in Bandhavgarh’s Sadar upazila. Ten Hindu houses were attacked in Dinajpur and a Temple was attacked in Railbazarhat.
Khansama upazila witnessed attacks on three Hindu homes. In Khulna, the houses of Oikya Parishad leaders and others were ransacked. Barishal’s Gouranadi saw mobs attacking Aditri Adhikary’s house. At the same time, similar incidents were reported in Bogura, Patuakhali, Sherpur, Narsingdi, Kishoreganj, Chattogram, Jashore, Satkhira, Habiganj, and Narail, with incidents of looting, vandalism and arson of houses, shops and temples belonging to Hindu community.
While political landscape of Bangladesh is witnessing one of the toughest times in history, Hindus and other minority communities are the most vulnerable as Islamist mobsters are taking advantage of the situation to attack them. Amidst these attacked, left-liberals and Islamists have been seen either denying or justifying the attacks.
