On Friday, 9th August, a new shocking video of the attack on a Hindu in Bangladesh emerged. A video shared by journalist Aditya Raj Kaul on social media showed the pain of a Hindu identified as Bimal Chandra Dey who recorded the arson attack at his own automobile shop.
As per the video, Dey owned a bike shop named ‘City Bike Centre’ in Comilla, Bangladesh which was set ablaze by Islamists yesterday amid the ongoing political crisis in Bangladesh.
“Has anyone seen that your dreams have been shattered in front of your eyes? I am seeing that. I am seeing how my future is being destroyed. My workplace is burned. I worked yesterday here, in my shop and now it has been destroyed,” Dey could be heard saying in the video.
The shop is believed to have been burned by the Islamists on the Vishwa Road in Comilla, Bangladesh.
“Heartwrenching. Bangladesh-based Bike Showroom owner Minority Hindu Bimal Chandra Dey records this heartbreaking video after an Islamist mob set ablaze his ‘City Bike Centre’ in Comilla of Bangladesh. Dreams shattered. Life comes to a standstill. This is how Hindus suffer,” the journalist said commenting on the video.
Heartwrenching. Bangladesh based Bike Showroom owner Minority Hindu Bimal Chandra Dey records this heartbreaking video after an Islamist mob set ablaze his ‘City Bike Centre’ in Comilla of Bangladesh.
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) August 9, 2024
Dreams shattered. Life comes to a stand still. This is how Hindus suffer. pic.twitter.com/4vY6sFtXxc
Hindus in Bangladesh are facing constant attacks at the hands of Islamists after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government in the country. Islamists have left no stone unturned to target Hindu homes, businesses and temples. Several similar incidents have been reported by OpIndia exposing the pain that the Hindus in the country are forced to suffer.
On 9th August, a video went viral on the social media which a woman could be heard saying, “They came and looted our house. They took away our money, gold, and whatever valuable that was left with us. They also abducted my 14-year-old boy. I don’t even know their identity. They vandalized our house and took everything away. They also beat us severely.” The woman could be seen continuously crying in the video.
This evening, Islamists attacked Palash Ghosh's house in Jessore . They vandalised and looted money and other valuable things. They forcefully take signatures on blank stamp paper & also abducted his son Piyas Sarkar(12).#SaveBangladesiHindus #AllEyesOnBangladeshiHindus pic.twitter.com/hzEaNTQb7K
— Voice Of Bangladeshi Hindus 🇧🇩 (@hindu8789) August 8, 2024
In another Facebook video, one Hindu woman narrated how her family was targeted overnight by Islamist mobs. She stated that her 15-year-old brother was assaulted at knifepoint. They also stole Tk 3 lakh from the family.
“Look how they have vandalized our houses…Is this the work of a human? They are claiming that this is an independent country now. See what they have done to my underage brother,” she narrated the ordeal.
“It’s a curse to be a Sanatani in Bangladesh. I, as a student, am asking why my house is being targeted,” the Hindu woman continued. She pointed out that 3-4 other Hindu houses were attacked in a similar fashion.
“Who will give us justice? Who is there to protect us Hindus? Today, they are attacking me. Tomorrow, they will attack you. If we do not stand up to it now, then, we will not be able to survive tomorrow.”
On 7th August, a video showed Islamists breaking new benchmarks for savagery and hatred towards Hindus. In the video, Islamists could be seen encircling a dead victim lying on the ground. There was a pool of blood beneath the deceased man’s broken head, and his hands were bound in handcuffs. Many men were gathered around him. With the aid of a stick, one man, whose face cannot be seen in the video, strips the deceased person naked and checks the victim’s private part for circumcision. Shouting ‘Hindu, Hindu’ over the corpse, the crowd hovering over the dead body laughs, realizing that the man is a Hindu because he is not circumcised.
On 5th August, it came to light that Jihadis attacked Hindus’ houses, shops and temples in Bangladesh in the guise of protests against the Sheikh Hasina government. Despite the resignation by Hasina from the Prime Minister’s post, the protests continued and so did the attack on Hindus. Minister of External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar has also expressed concerns over attacks on Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh. Earlier, OpIndia reported about the list of 54 attacks released by the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council and attacks reported by The Daily Star, a Bangladeshi newspaper. Several videos and photos of attacks on Hindus surfaced on social media.
As the day passed by, more details of the attacks with photos and videos surfaced. Apart from the 54 attacks reported earlier, by today, OpIndia has detailed 11 more incidents of targeted violence against Hindus in Bangladesh after the coup against Sheikh Hasina.Details of Islamist attacks against minority Hindus in Bangladesh can be read here.
