Communal violence: 1068 houses and business establishments attacked & Killed Two Hindus.
After the political change in the country on August 5, there have been incidents of attacks on minorities including the Hindu community.
The attack started mainly from the afternoon of August 5. Attacks are more common in the first two days. Prothom Alo reporters and representatives across the country conducted investigations from August 5 to 20 and found information that at least 1,68 houses and businesses of the minority community were damaged in the attack. Apart from this, 22 places of worship were attacked.
Most of the attacks occurred in Khulna Division in the southwestern part of the country. At least 295 houses and businesses of minority communities were attacked in the division. 219 in Rangpur division, 183 in Mymensingh, 155 in Rajshahi, 78 in Dhaka, 68 in Barisal, 45 in Chittagong.And 25 houses and businesses were attacked and vandalized in Sylhet. In some places structures were heavily damaged, in others less so.
Two people from the minority community were reported killed in the attack after the fall of the government. One Mrinal Kanti Chatterjee. This retired school teacher of Bagerhat was beaten and hacked to death on the night of August 5. Another is Swapan Kumar Biswas of Paikgacha Union of Khulna. He was beaten and tortured to
death on his way home on August 8.
Hindus are victims of torture during every government in Bangladesh. No government could protect Hindus. Hindus are by no means safe in present day Bangladesh. Incidents of kidnapping, conversion, rape, land grabbing, attacks on business establishments and looting of Hindu women are taking place constantly.
So the Hindus will not find security in Bangladesh ?