Remembering Dhantala gang-rape of Hindu women ----10 years Later........
When Hindu persecution is rampant
in Bangladesh now, a question haunts whether the Indian state of Bengal is free
of all these. Myriad incidents manifested do authenticate that Hindu
persecution in this side of the border is on the rise too and at this hour, the
Hindu persecution in Dhantala, Nadia in 2003 that rocked the state’s political and
social arena then deserve special mention.
On February 5, 2003, two buses
containing large number of Hindu women and returning from a marriage festival were
blocked by Muslim radicals at village: Aismali, Dhantala, District: Nadia. Hindu
women were taken to nearby Dhantala Madrasa forcibly and were gang-raped mercilessly
by the same perpetrators.
The gruesome incident continued
for hours while Hindu men and women tried their best to raise alarms. However, the police station (P.S. Dhantala),
close at hand, preferred to remain silent. Even the endeavors made by tortured
Hindus to lodge FIR against the ghastly incident were snubbed. Police visited
the very spot on the next day but were accompanied by the same Muslim toughs
making Hindus realize that there would be no justice ever.
The
entire job was done to please Allah and also to sanctify the new (then)
madrasa.
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