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On the evening of September 18, Hindu youth Partha was lured into a deadly ambush and repeatedly stabbed by unidentified assailants. According to his elder brother Shuvo, the attack was a pre-planned assault. He claims the attackers summoned Partha from his home in Nabiganj before ambushing him. Partha sustained severe abdominal injuries and is currently …
The detention of seven suspected Kuki militants, including a church leader, by personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force’s CoBRA unit near Chawangkining village in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on 19th September was followed by violent protests, road blockades and demands for their immediate release. From Protest to Coercion: How Violence Paralyzed NH-2 The seven detainees …
68-year-old Hindu widow Pranati Rani Das has accused Sohail Azad of setting fire to her home while she was sleeping inside at approximately 2:30 a.m. on September 18 in the Mithachhara area of Mirsarai under Chattogram. According to Pranati Rani, the blaze reduced her house and all her belongings to ashes, leaving her facing the …
A 22-year-old Hindu youth, Debashish Roy of Nilphamari, has been detained by police in Rangpur over allegations that he posted derogatory remarks targeting Islam on social media. The detention came amid growing public pressure for punishment. Following Friday prayers on September 11, demonstrators under the banner of the local Muslim Tawhid Janata marched and held …
A disturbing incident in Bangladesh’s Satkhira district has raised fresh questions about the security and freedom of movement of Hindu citizens allegedly driven to the brink by fear and insecurity. Six people from Gopalganj’s Kotalipara area, including a woman and her family members, were detained by local residents at Nalta Bazar in Kaliganj Upazila late …
A centuries-old Hindu religious and cultural tradition was forced to fall silent in Daulatpur on the sacred occasion of Janmashtami, reemphasizing persistent questions about the safety and freedom of religious minorities in Bangladesh. Paddopuran Gaan, also known as Manashamangal Gaan, is a deeply rooted form of Hindu devotional folk theatre practised across large parts of …
A missing-person complaint in Murshidabad has unravelled into a chilling murder investigation involving an alleged financial dispute, a staged ransom call and the grisly dismemberment of a 36-year-old man. Sujit Mondal, a bidi worker and known BJP supporter from Ward 13 of Dhulian Municipality, disappeared on August 28. His family filed a missing-person diary roughly …
65,000 HINDUS DISPLACED AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NON-TRIBAL CITIZENS FACING SYSTEMIC ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION 1. Violence, Identity Politics and the Normalisation of Exclusion The latest violence directed against ethnic Assamese and Bengali residents and workers in Shillong on 19 August, following a rally organised by the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU), marks another grave …
A six-hour-long Dawah Conference was held at the Engineers’ Institute in Chattogram of Bangladesh on 26th July with the stated aim of increasing coordination and spreading Islamic awareness across the Indian subcontinent. Among its most prominent participants was Maulana Khalilur Rahman Sajjad Nomani, spokesperson and senior member of the All India Muslim Personal Law …
The 7th August letter from N. Ashok Kumar, Chairman of the Joint Monitoring Group, the tripartite mechanism responsible for supervising and enforcing the ground rules of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement, finally delivers a stern written warning to Kuki terrorist groups operating under the arrangement that is available on public domain. The message acknowledges …
