Dhaka: A US commission on religious freedom has said that it’s”gravely worried”over the recent surge of violence against the nonage Hindu community in Bangladesh and prompted the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to launch a crackdown on revolutionist rudiments that addictanti-Hindu sentiments Attacks on Hindu tabernacles have boosted in Bangladesh since last Wednesday after an alleged impious post surfaced on social media during the Durga Puja fests.
On late Sunday night, a mob damaged 66 houses and set on fire at least 20 homes of Hindus in Bangladesh Condemning the attack, US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Chair Nadine Maenza said”the USCIRF is gravely troubled about the recent surge of violence against Hindus that has erupted in Bangladesh” “We hail Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s response to the heinous crimes by transferring civil forces to contain violence. Still, we continue to prompt the Bangladeshi government to crackdown on revolutionist rudiments that addictanti-Hindu sentiments in the country,”she said.
The USCIRF is especially disturbed by the wide attacks and profanation of Hindu places of deification, said its Commissioner Anurima Bhargava The collaborative violence has left hundreds injured and a many reportedly killed. USCIRF urges the Bangladeshi government to guard the rights and security of Hindus and all religious communities in the country and hold the perpetrators of these horrible attacks responsible,”she said.
According to an sanctioned account in Bangladesh, at least five people were killed in the recent collaborative clashes in the country. Unconfirmed reports suggest the casualty numbers to be as high as seven The police said over 450 suspected tabernacle bushwhackers were arrested so far in different corridor of the country and a manhunt was underway to track down more since Wednesday On Tuesday, Prime Minister Hasina instructed her home minister to initiate immediate action against those who incited violence using religion as she asked the people not to trust anything on social media without fact-checking.
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