Since PM Hasina’s flight overseas, quite a few assaults have been reported in opposition to Hindu households, temples and companies.
Bangladesh’s new interim authorities says it’s working to resolve assaults on Hindus and different spiritual minorities reported after the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Hindus are the most important minority religion in principally Muslim Bangladesh, and lots of are supporters of Hasina’s celebration, the Awami League.
Since Hasina’s abrupt resignation and flight abroad on Monday introduced an finish to her 15 years in energy, there have been quite a few experiences of assaults in opposition to Hindu households, temples and companies.
“The assaults on spiritual minorities in some locations have been famous with grave concern,” the interim cupboard stated on Sunday in its first official assertion since its members had been sworn in on Thursday night time.
The cupboard stated it might “instantly sit with the consultant our bodies and different involved teams to seek out methods to resolve such heinous assaults”.
Hundreds of individuals participated in protests on Sunday calling for an finish to violence in opposition to Hindu communities, the Dhaka Tribune reported.
Protesters objected to the “destruction of houses, encroachment on temple land, arson, looting, and different types of violence”, the report stated.
“We’re appalled by the assaults on Hindus, the torture and the vandalism of temples. It’s the authorities’s accountability to make sure our security. We’re residents of this nation and need to reside securely,” the Dhaka Tribune quoted a Hindu speaker as saying at a rally within the metropolis of Bogra.
The assertion from the interim authorities, also referred to as the council of advisers, listed quite a few pressing priorities.
The federal government, led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, ordered “assist” for the households of protesters who had been killed within the weeks of demonstrations culminating in Hasina’s departure.
It directed public funds to pay for these injured within the unrest, which started in July and killed greater than 300 folks.
The council, tasked with steering democratic reforms within the South Asian nation of 170 million folks, additionally stated it might reopen the metro system within the capital, Dhaka, by the tip of the week and shortly appoint a brand new central financial institution governor, changing a Hasina loyalist pressured to resign.
