On Tuesday, Pinaki Bhattacharya, who is known for anti-India propaganda, took to X to whitewash the Islamist attack on the residence of famous Bangladeshi Hindu musician Rahul Anand.
‘Rahul Anand’s home and musical instruments were not deliberately burned’, said Pinaki Bhattacharya. According to him, ‘someone’ set an neighbouring Awami League establishment on fire which accidentally spread to his house and destroyed everything.
He further added that it is unfortunate that the truth wasn’t completely disclosed which according to him is that Rahul Anand’s house was a collateral damage and that the destruction of the musician’s house was an ‘accident’.
Pinaki Bhattacharya also quoted Rahul Anand saying that the fire was ‘unintentional’ and his family was forced to leave the house with only clothings. Bhattacharya wrote, ‘Rahul Anand’s home and musical instruments were not deliberately burned. A fire was set to an Awami League establishment next to his home, and that fire accidentally spread to his residence and destroyed everything;.
Notably, Pinaki Bhattacharya is a controversial person who is living in exile in France. He is a neo-convert to Islam and known for spearheading the ‘India Out’ campaign in Bangladesh. He has ties with Jihadi outfit Jamaat-e-Islami and Pakistan’s ISI and has been supporting the Taliban.
Apart from Bhattacharya, earlier some of the friends of Rahul Anand had also attempted to whitewash the incident as an attack on a Hindu singer. They claimed that his house was not torched rather it caught fire because it was adjacent to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s old house in Dhanmondi 32.
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