She lauded a post by Sultan Mohammed Zakaria, which contained misleading videos of Indian dams to claim that India released water from the Dumbur Dam causing floods in Bangladesh. Interestingly, this very post, which Farhana Sultana called a “spot-on analysis” was debunked by DW News.
OpIndia analysed the names of 100 teachers who were labelled 'anti-hijab' by the 'Odhikar Sochetan Shikharti Samaj'. We found that at least 21 of them are Hindus while 5 are Christians.
Zafar Sobhan was unable to explain how the 'minority' Muslim population in India surged from 9.84% in 1947 to 14.09% in 2011 despite supposed 'lack of safety' while the Hindu population in Bangladesh has been on a serious decline.
Meanwhile, Dwarka Shankaracharya Swami Sadanand Saraswati said that the governments of India and Bangladesh should meet and discuss the predicament of Hindus.
BBC imparted a political angle to the attacks by claiming that Hindus were largely 'supporters of Sheikh Hasina' and that any attack on them was the consequence of their political affiliation and not religious identity.