Bangladesh

Ms. Sagorika Haldar(16) Minority belonging to Hindu raped and murdered by Perpetrators on 25.07.2014 : An investigative report of Bangladesh Minority Watch- Police trying to suppress the facts: Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW) received an application from mother  and father of Ms.Sagorika Haldar requesting us for legal assistance as their minor girl was raped and killed [...]

Bangladesh Minority Watch (BDMW) received an appeal relating to abduction, rape and forceful conversion of to Islam by four perpetrators: Name of the Victim: Ms. Pinky Roy (11 years 9 months) Age of the victim : 11 years nine months. Name of the father: Pulin Chandra Das Permanent Address: Village – Velebari – Mejitari, P.s. [...]

Minority rights activists demanded exemplary punishment to those involved in the vandalism of Hindu temples and houses across the country.They made the demand from a sit-in staged in front of the Jatiya Press Club Friday, protesting the recent vandalism of historic Swamibagh Temple in the capital. The programme was jointly organised by National Hindu Mohajote, [...]

Attacks against Hindu households and a temple in Homna Upazila of Comilla took place after rumours were spread over loudspeakers that two youths had defamed Prophet Muhammad. Locals and police said teachers and students of eight madrasas in the upazila led the Sunday attacks on Hindus at Baghsitarampur village. Twenty-eight families have been affected in [...]

Ms. Rupa Rani Pal (13) Minority Hindu School Girl kidnapped on 12.03.14 from Rupgonj Upazila within Narayangonj district. Police took no steps for rescue of the victim till our intervention on 04.04.2014 BDMW investigating. Source: The Daily Janakantho dated 18.03.2014) Rupgonj P.S. Case No. 20 dated 17.03.2014 under section 7/30 of Women and Children Repression [...]

Bangladesh : At least six Hindu people were injured as some unidentified criminals attacked their religious programme at Ramchandrapur village in the district’s Palashbari upazila on Wednesday night. Locals said Hindus organised the three-day programme in a temple of the village from Wednesday evening. Some 10 to 12 masked attackers swooped on those attending the [...]

Nature of crime: Abduction for forceful conversion. Name of the victim: Ms. Moni Saha (F) Age of the victim    : 17 years 3 monhths. Name of the father:  Sushil Chandra Saha Name of the mother: Ms.Jharna Rani Saha Religion of the Victim : Hindu Permanent address of the victim:  Kalihati Upazila, Munshi Para, District –Tangail, [...]

Nature of crime : Rape of children.Name of the victim:  Ms. Mila Bakta (8) Name of the father:  Mr. Milon Bakta Name of the mother: Ms. Mukta Bakta,Religion of the victim: HinduDate of incident : 27.02.2014 at about 3.45 p.m.Place of occurrence: Village-Mandra, P.O. Radhagonj, P.S. Kotalipara,District-Gopalgonj.Name of the perpetrator: Sohag Sheikh (20) son of [...]

Unidentified miscreants vandalised idols in a Hindu temple in Bathania Chala under Kaliakoir upazila of the district on Tuesday night. Dilip Kumar, a member of Sarbojanin Temple Committee, said miscreants desecrated all the idols in the temple, including the Durga, Laxmi, Saraswati, Kartik, Ganesh and Asur. All the damaged idols were dumped in a field [...]

Hundreds of students of different schools of Rangpur formed a human chain in Lalbagh area of the city yesterday condemning the recent attacks on Hindu communities. They formed the human chain under the banner of “Osamprodaik Chetonay Bishwasi”. Different social, cultural, and political organisations and civilians expressed solidarity with the students. The speakers particularly condemned [...]