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The UK Parliament had a discussion and raised concerns over the violence against the Hindu minority in Bangladesh and the arrest of Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das. Conservative MP Priti Patel and Labour MP Barry Gardiner highlighted attacks on Hindu temples and called for action to address the escalating tensions.
The violence also affected the religious minority communities. According to the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, there have been over 2,010 attacks on Hindus or their properties spread over 45 districts and 5 Hindus have been killed in these attacks, 2 have been confirmed as Awami League members.
Like most Bangladeshi cities, Chattogram has a majority Muslim population. Around 150 people from the Hindu community trade in jewellery at Mia Shopping Center, Hazari Goli. Hindus are one of the minorities, and Hazari Goli, the place of occurrence, is historically a Hindu-dominated area. As of 2011, Chattogram's population was 86.74% Muslim ...
Hindus, who make up 8% of the population and are the largest minority group, “are shivering,” said Kajal Debnath, a vice president of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council.
A school teacher was killed and at least 45 people injured as homes, businesses, and temples of Hindus in Muslim-majority Bangladesh were targeted following Hasina's resignation on Monday.
Haradhan Roy, a Hindu councilor from the Awami League in Rangpur, and Mrinal Kanti Chatterjee, a Hindu school teacher in Dhaka were killed. [ 143 ] [ 144 ] [ 145 ] According to the Investigation conducted by Prothom Alo correspondents across 64 districts and 67 upazilas between 5–20 August 2024, 1,068 attacks on the minority community ...
The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC) said 200-300 mainly Hindu homes and businesses had been vandalised since Monday, and 15-20 Hindu temples damaged.
The body of a Hindu man was recovered from a pond adjacent to the temple on Saturday after an attack on Begumganj's Chaumuhani in Noakhali, Bangladesh, on Friday. [9] After receiving the Qur'an in a puja mandapa in Comilla on Wednesday, six people were killed in attacks and violence on temples and puja mandals in different parts of the country ...