Has the last phase of racial extermination of Hindus in Bangladesh begun?
The
political impasse in Bangladesh is worsening with each hour it passes and the
trigger-happy reaction of Jamaat and its Islamist accomplices following Qader
Mullah’s execution is virtually holding the entire country to ransom. Exploiting
the apparent political indisposition of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (known for
hobnobbing with radical and pro-Pakistan Islamic groups in the country
recurrently), Islamists are leaving no stone unturned to turn the entire country
to a complete hell, as per fresh reports that are coming in. While Awami League
workers are also being attacked by Jamaat and Islai Chatrashibir cadres,
religious minority communities, especially Hindus, remain their first and
foremost target. The statement of Makbul
Ahmed, well-known leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, is worth mentioning in this
context. In a press statement issued on late Thursday he stated "people
would take revenge on this killing by establishing Islam in Bangladesh, which
is stained with the blood of Abdul Quader Mollah" and the vengeance by now
has extended from the streets of Dhaka to the agrarian fields of Rajshahi, Chapai Nawabganj, Khulna, Noakhali, Satkhira, Jessore and
others.
If the
saga of Hindu persecution in Satkhira is considered, situation there is out of
control and after execution of Qader Mullah or “Butcher of Mirpur”, nearly 60
residences of Hindus along with their business enterprises have been razed to
the ground. Houses of Gopal Ghoshal, Tapas Acharya, Naba Kumar Mandal, Milan Biswas,
Dulal Sadhu, Samir Sarkar, Madan Sadhu, Nirmal Sadhu, Ganesh Karmakar, in the
village of Agardanri within the sub-district of Kalaroa, have been burnt down
turning them into paupers overnight. In the sub-district of Debhata, shop of Lablu
Biswas at Gazirhat, house of Subhas Ghosh and Sarat Ghosh at Debisahar have
been destructed and set to fire. On last Thursday, at 1 am, residence of Nirmal
Chandra, local Awami League leader inhabiting the village of Murarikati within
the sub-district of Kalaroa, was burnt down by Muslim zealots of Islami Chatrashibir.
Damodar temple was also vandalized and destructed.
It has
also come to knowledge, 4 cars have been set to fire while almost 25 vehicles
were torched at Panchabati of Fatulla in Narayangunj. The area is known to have
a dense Hindu population. Districts of Nilphamari, Coxbazar and Khulna have
also witnessed recurrent attacks on Hindus, desecration and despoliation of
their religious institutions and residences respectively. Kachari Bazaar, having a sizable Hindu population
and under Laxmichap Union in the district headquarter of Nilphamari, remained
witness to vandalism by cadres of Jamaat and other radical factions. Thanks to
the absence of any police official, Muslim crooks raided almost each shop in
the market, looted and at last, set fire to 50 shops owned by Hindus. Beltali
Bazaar of the same union also bore the brunt of such barbarism – apart from destruction
15 shops owned by Hindus, residence of Shyamcharan Roy, Mukti Joddha and also
leader of Awami League, was burnt down.
In Sirajganj, supporters of Jamaat-Shibir vandalized a venerated
and Holy Deity at a Hindu temple at Sayedabad union.
Even
if Sheikh Hasina warned Muslim zealots in the rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the Martyred Intellectuals
Day on December 14 by stating "We have shown enough patience. We will not
tolerate anymore. People of the country know how to reply these atrocities, we
(government) also know how to respond to, control you," it has failed to satisfy
aggrieved Hindus, apprehending current events as the last phase of racial extermination
of theirs in the country. Tens of hundreds of them are already on the move but
do not know where to go finally as India has sealed its border with Bangladesh
already.
(Jamaat cadres attacking vehicles in Kamlapur in Dhaka)
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