The Hindu community came under attack on Tuesday from the police and law enforcement authorities in Hazari Goli in Chittagong city of Bangladesh. The local Hindus staged a protest against a trader named Osman Mollah, who made derogatory remarks about ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) and Sanatan Dharma, according to the media reports.
Members of the Hindu community gathered outside his shop and expressed their anger. The law enforcement authorities took him into safe custody instead of taking legal action against the Muslim trader. According to the media reports, visuals can be seen from Hazari Goli in Chittagong, where a joint team of police and army officials could be seen hunting down the Hindu community.
At least 5 Hindus were injured when the joint team of army and police officials attacked them with batons. Several members of the minority community (estimated to be around 30) were also arrested. The law enforcement authorities in Chittagong were seen destroying CCTV in the hopes of removing any evidence of their persecution of the Hindu community.
The attack on the Hindus continued late into Wednesday night, with residents of the area recording videos of the joint police-army action. Last month, a Muslim mob laid siege to the Kadirdi Degree College in Boalmari in the Faridpur district of Bangladesh after accusing a Hindu boy of ‘insulting’ Prophet Muhammad.
According to the media reports, the victim was identified as Hridoy Pal. He is a student of Class XI. A mob comprising of madrassa students gathered outside the Kadirdi Degree College and demanded that the administration hand the victim over to them. They accused the Hindu student of committing ‘blasphemy’ through a Facebook post. Hridoy Pal was called into the principal’s cabin and interrogated. The victim informed the college authorities that he did not own a mobile phone.
He further said that the alleged ‘blasphemous’ Facebook post was published from an ID, which was hacked 2 years ago. The frenzied Muslim mob ghearoed the principal’s office, and vandalised motorcycles and school property. The Officer-in-charge of Boalmari police station reached the spot. Local political leaders also rushed to the scene that pacify the radical Muslims.
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