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Once again very scary and worrying news is coming out from the neighboring country Bangladesh for the minority Hindu community. On one hand, the entire country and the people of Bengali community living all over the world are celebrating their biggest holy festival. Durga Puja On the other hand, anti-social and fundamentalist elements in Bangladesh have dealt a severe attack on the faith of Hindus. A total of attacks on temples, damage to sacred idols and violence have been reported from various parts of the country just before the commencement of Durga Puja celebrations. 34 incidents Have come forward. After this serial violence, an atmosphere of immense panic and insecurity has arisen within the Hindu community living in Bangladesh.
Temples were systematically targeted in many districts of the country.
According to information received from leading news agency IANS, Durga Puja pandals and temples are being systematically targeted in different areas of Bangladesh. According to the data released by Hindu organizations, this violence is not limited to just one or two places, but has spread to many major districts of the country.
Such incidents have been reported from several other districts including Sylhet, Rajbari, Panchagarh, Netrokona and Tangail, where unidentified miscreants entered temples in the dark of night and vandalized the idols of Maa Durga and other deities. Apart from this, an incident of theft was carried out in an ancient Kali temple in Faridpur district, while in Sunamganj, houses, business establishments and shops of people of Hindu community were attacked and looted on a large scale. In another incident, a case of robbery came to light in Naogaon, in which the miscreants carried out this heinous act by pretending to be officers of the intelligence agency. All these incidents have put a big question mark on the law and order of the country and the safety of minorities.
Blunt demand of Hindu organizations: ‘Not 5 days of puja, security is needed for 365 days of the year’
After these continuous attacks and increasing atrocities on Hindu minorities, the major Hindu organizations there have taken a strong stand against the interim government and administrative officials. ‘Bangladesh Puja Udyapan Parishad’ and other Hindu organizations have jointly appealed to the country’s administration to take strict and effective steps to immediately stop these communal attacks.
General Secretary of Bangladesh Puja Udyapan Parishad Santosh Sharma While talking to the media, he said a very important and deep thing. He stressed that the main objective of holy religious festivals like Durga Puja should be to unite people of all communities of the society with love and brotherhood and not to spread hatred. He said that there is a dire need to keep alive the old tradition of communal harmony in the country. However, he also clarified that merely providing tight police security during the five days of puja is not enough. The courage of the miscreants is so high that they attack anytime, hence the security of Hindu minorities and their religious places in Bangladesh is at an all-time high. 365 days i.e. whole year This should be ensured, only then they will be able to feel safe.
Anxiety increases during festivals amid claims of administration
The occurrence of such violence and threats in Bangladesh every year as Durga Puja approaches is a big stain on the human rights of the minorities there. Although the local administration and police officials always claim that tight security will be provided to all the puja pandals and no miscreant will be spared, but the ground reality exposes these claims.
These 34 incidents continuously coming to light across the country have proved that there is no fear of law left in the minds of fundamentalist forces. Despite this, the Hindu community of Bangladesh is ready to worship Maa Durga with full devotion, courage and traditional joy. Peace-loving citizens of the entire country are hoping that in the coming days, this great festival of Durga Puja can be completed in a completely peaceful manner without any major untoward incident, so that brotherhood and mutual harmony can be maintained.