World Hindu Federation,

Bangladesh Chapter
Rishipara Shiv Mandir, Zigatola, Dhaka-1209, Bangladesh

Human Rights Situation of Hindu Minorities in Bangladesh

Month: April 2020

April 04
Raihan Mir Faruk, a land robber, has occupied the ancestral property of Narayan Sarkar in Puran
Mahipur Union of Mahipur Police Station in Patuakhali District.

April 06
Local land robber Ishaq Ali and his two sons Akmal Hossain and Ashraf Ali have seized 100
bighas of land belonging to 50 Hindu families in three villages of Chaugachha police station in
Jessore district.

April 07
The Islamic fundamentalists vandalized the idol of a Hindu temple located in Dashmina upazila of
Patuakhali district.

April 08
Police have arrested a school teacher named Indrajith Hazari (35) for the false allegation of
posting 'abusive' words about the Prophet Hazrat Muhammad at Asashuni in Satkhira district.

April 09
The miscreants vandalized the idols of Sri Sri Radha Gobind and Lakshmi of Shiva temple in
Kuki Kalidas village of Shibganj upazila of Bogra district.

April 10
Jahidul Hawlader grabbed the ancestral property 6 bighas of land in SA 717 Khatian in 104
Dewatla Mouza of Jobon Mridha in Morelganj of Bagerhat district.

April 11
Local terrorist Md Shahin Sheikh demanded 5 Lac Taka from Hindu businessman Asit Kumar
Sarkar, a resident of Titukandi village in Alamdanga upazilla in Faridpur district. Later Md Shahin
Sheikh and other 30 gangs attacked and seriously injured Asit sarker by local weapons.

April 12
On Monday morning, Ali Munshi and his sons looted the house of Sudhanshu Das of Nazirpur
village in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district and cut down valuable trees worth more
than three lac taka.

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April 13
A helpless widow Basna Rani Das and her son and daughter were brutally beaten and injured by
local criminals and were grabbed her house and properties.

April 15
Dhaneshwar Roy's daughter Pratima Rani was forcibly taken away and converted to Islam in
Dimla upazilla in Nilphamari district.

April 16
Harun Mallik and his two terrorist sons carried out a surprise attack on a Hindu family in the
village of Paschim Sujankathi (Mallikpur) under Agailjhara police station in Barisal district. Four
Hindus were admitted to the hospital with serious injuries.

April 17
Ashtami Sarkar (14), daughter of Nimai Sarkar of Rajshahi district, was forced to committed
suicide in her room due to regular harassment of Golam Mostafa and his associates.

April 18
Police have arrested Paritosh Kumar Sarkar, an innocent Hindu college student, for the false
allegation of obscene comments on his Facebook page about Islam in Nageshwari upazill in
Kurigram district.

April 19
Police have arrested Madhu Kundu, 32, of Fakirhat in Bagerhat for posting status about the mass
gathering within the time of lockdown for COVID-19 for attending the janaza of Maulana Jubayer
Ahmed Ansari at Nasirnagar in Brahmanbaria district.

April 21
In order to deport the Hindus from the country, 30 Hindu families were attacked in Satkania by the
local identified terrorist group of 60 people led by Zia Uddin Habibullah and Musa Uddin. 25
Hindu people including children were seriously injured.

April 22
The criminals vandalized the temple and attacked on several Hindu houses at Akkelpur municipal
area of Joypurhat district for obstructing gambling at the Parghati temple.

April 23
The miscreants killed a Hindu man Subrata Mandal (30 years old) at Dakop upazila in Khulna
district.

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April 24
The identified terrorists attacked a Hindu family at Mongla in Bagerhat district with the intention
of evicting them from their homes. Six members of the family, including a pregnant woman, were
injured. The locals rescued them and admitted them to the hospital.

April 25
Local Terrorist group led by UP member Tariqul Islam attacked and vandalized the house of
Rabidas attacked and vandalized to grabbed this property at Sariyakandi in Bogra district.

April 26
The miscreants vandalized the idol and setting fire to two temples in Laxmipur municipal town.

April 27
Local identified terrorist lLed by Babul and his two sons beaten and injured a local Hindu man
narendra Moktar for grabbing his properties at Begumganj upazila in Noakhali district.

April 28
The miscreants attacked the Durga Temple and its adjoining Bankali Temple at Maheshail Bazar
under Ishania Union No. 2 of Bochaganj Upazila in Dinajpur and vandalized the Shiva and Kali
idols of two temples.

April 29
Bikash Chandra Ghosh of Sadar police station in Satkhira district was attacked by 35 to 40 muslim
people with the intention of seizing 5 bighas of property. At that time, when Soleiman Gazi tried
to kill Bikash Ghosh with a licensed gun. Bikash Ghosh and his family members left the house
and fled for their lives.

Source: Daily Newspapers and Human Rights Observatory for Bangladesh Monirities.

Reported by

Dipan Mitra
Secretary General
WHF, Bangladesh Chapter
Mobile: +8801710828711
Email: mitra.dipan.dhaka@gmail.com

Cell: +8801710828711, +8801892781360

Email: whf.bdchapter@gmail.com