Arsonists set hearth to a home belonging to a non-politically affiliated Hindu household in northwestern Bangladesh, a media outlet reported Wednesday, within the newest incident of focused assaults in opposition to the minority group because the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led authorities.
The incident at Farabari Mandirpara village in Akcha union below Thakurgaon Sadar upazila came about on Tuesday night, hours after the caretaker authorities’s principal advisor Yunus Muhammad assured the distressed minority group that his authorities would punish the perpetrators.
The intentionally set hearth additionally got here on the identical day that the Bangladesh Hindu Grand Nationwide Alliance stated the minority group has confronted assaults and threats at 278 places in 48 districts because the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led authorities on August 5, calling it an “assault on the Hindu faith.”
Unidentified individuals set ablaze Kaleshwar Barman’s home at round 7.30 pm on Tuesday at Farabari Mandirpara village in Akcha union below Thakurgaon Sadar upazila, Akcha Union Parishad (UP) president Subrata Kumar Barman informed The Every day Star newspaper.
Native residents reacted shortly and managed to convey the fireplace below management, and the home’s occupants had been capable of escape unhurt, he stated.
The UP president stated Kaleshwar Barman had no political affiliation.
ABM Firoz Waheed, officer in command of Thakurgaon police station, stated: “Police visited the spot on the identical evening and investigation is underway to determine the perpetrators.”
The Every day Star report stated an identical incident had occurred a number of days earlier in Nimbari Kamarpara village of the identical Union, when Ananta Barman’s home was set on hearth, leaving all valuables destroyed.
Rabin Roy, a resident of Farabari, stated individuals from the Hindu group live in concern after such incidents started following the autumn of the earlier authorities.
By the way, Thakurgaon district is similar place from the place lots of of Hindus unsuccessfully tried to cross into India (the India-Bangladesh border runs alongside the northwestern edge) on August 6 and seven, instantly after ousted Prime Minister Hasina fled to India and a recent spherical of violence ravaged the nation.
On Tuesday, Yunus, who took over because the interim authorities’s chief advisor final week amid ongoing violence and vandalism, visited the Dhakeshwari temple, one of many distinguished Shakti peethas, in Dhaka and stated that the rights of everybody should be assured and blamed “institutional decay” for the plight his nation has fallen into.
Yunus addressed the grieving Hindu group throughout his go to to the centuries-old temple. He urged individuals to “be affected person” and warranted them that his authorities would punish those that attacked members of the minority.
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