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Ref. No. Communication/G/SO 215/1 BANGL. Date. 3/1/1999

PATRONS: AGRAVANNSHA MAHATERO (Chakma-Rajguru), MR. JOSEPH MITRA

CHAIRMAN: SMT. KANIKA BISWAS (Ex-M.P.) Bangladesh-1972

WORKING CHAIRMAN: SALIL DAS GUPTA (Advocate)

VICE CHAIRMAN: KAMAL CHOWDHURY,(Advocate), S. CHOWDHURY

GEN. SECRETARY: SUBHAS CHAKRAVARTY

ASTT. SECRETARY: TAPAN BALA, RABINDRA KR. BAL

TREASURER: SHYAMAL SARKAR

The Hon’ble Rafiqul Islam (Beer uttam).

Home Minister,

Republic Govt. of Bangladesh

25, Beli Road, Dhaka-1000

BANGLADESH

Respected Sir,

You would very kindly recall that in our earlier letter dated November 24, 98 sent by registered post, we had focused, with facts and figures, how the Hindu minority in Bangladesh were being scientifically subjected to oppression and repression and forced to quit their ‘Homeland’, for seer physical survival. The ushering in of A swami League rule in 1996 after more than two decades had kindled hopes in the hearts of every member of the Hindu minority. Sad to say, we find that the fanatic/ fundamentalist groups Dressiest with their highly offensive and perverse design of making Bangladesh a 100% Islamic State by scientifically driving out all minorities by hook or by crook from Bangladesh.

2. As part of this nefarious design, the so-called Islamists, in the name of religion, were primarily targeting the minority members in the interior villages. In our last memorandum of Nov.24, 1998, we had produced statistics to show how villages in the district of Nature were systematically made Hindu-free Zones. Herewith, we enclose another data sheet at Appending-A showing the reduction of Hindu population Graph in villages of district like Pabna, Bhola, Barisal, Noakhali and even a part greater Dhaka. This Should be a matter of great shame for Bangladesh Particularly in the light of the fact that Muslim Population in every village aft west Bengal has maintained a distinctly upward growth rate.

3. We continue to receive reports about torture and excesses on sections of Hindu minorities in interior villages of Bangladesh from our representatives stationed there. We send herewith another fact-sheet (Appendix-B) giving brief detail of eleven more offensive actions on Hindus perpetrated by Islamic fanatic groups. We hoped a better deal now that the Al upholding the secular-democratic spirit of ‘Liberation’ was in power. It looks that the Al was unable to fight the fundamentalist and anti-Liberation forces to the extent desirable.

4. We learn that Hindus in Dhaka wanted to perform ‘Kalipuja’ at the ‘desecrated’ Ramona kaliBari in Oct.’98. Regrettably, a Hindu gathering(300/400) at the said venerated place was Lath charged by the police and made to disperse. In India, there Has been a sustained furor over the demolition of ‘Bagri Masjid’. Nobody sheds a tear for the desecration and Ramona Kali Bari in Bangladesh; what a tragedy. We Reiterate the demand for restoration and reconstruction of Ramona Kali Bari at the earliest.

APPEND-EX-A

Pabna Town, P.S.- Pabna Sadar , Dist- Pabna, Bangladesh.

(Reduction of Hindu population)

Sl. No	Name Of the village	Minority family of 1972 living (Family)	Minority family of 1998 living (Family)
1.	Salgaria	500	25
2.	Kalachand para	300	15
3.	Ghosh para	400	20
4.	Gopalpur	700	50
5.	Dilalpur	600	60
6.	Fakiranipara	200	10
7.	Pailanpur	100	05
8.	Radhanagar	1000	100
9.	Singa	300	50
10.	Himayitpur	500	30
11.	Atai Kula	100	15
12.	Lakhi pur	200	30
13.	Kuladi	200	25
14.	Dublia	225	20
15.	Raghabpur	200	20

P. S. Sainthia, Dist-Pabna, Bangladesh.

1.	Mongol bari	500	25
2.	Sainthia(Proper)	200	20

P. S.Bera, Dist-Pabna, Bangladesh.

Sl. No	Name Of the village	Minority family of 1972 living (Family)	Minority family of 1998 living (Family)
1.	Sahajadpur	500	60
2.	Panchuria	50	7
3.	Kashinathpur	30	5
4.	Nagarbari Ghat	200	40

P. S.Sujanagar, Dist-Pabna, Bangladesh.

Sl. No	Name Of the village	Minority family of 1972 living (Family)	Minority family of 1998 living (Family)
1.	Sholakura	40	3
2.	Swagata	300	50
3.	Sheepur	50	05
4.	Kamalpur	200	25
5.	Duria Kamalpur	100	28
6.	Ghanashyampur	25	03
7.	Hakimpur	100	10
8.	Nuruddinpur	25	2
9.	Vadarbhag	30	7
10.	Sodepur	100	15
11.	Hatkhali	200	24
12.	Nazeer Ganj	25	03
13.	Barkhapur	100	15
14.	Bulchandrapur	25	06
15.	Hassampur	150	20
16.	Kalikapur	15	04
17.	Khalilpur	25	03
18.	Muraripur	50	10
19.	Boruria	200	01
20.	Sagar Kandi	300	50
21.	Gobindapur	100	15
22.	Badai	200	22
23.	Raninagar	300	25
24.	Basulpur	150	18
25.	Bhat-sala	80	12
26.	Trimohani	200	25
27.	Trimalanchi	60	10
28.	Masundia	50	08
29.	Dulai	30	06
30.	Satbaria	250	32
31.	Mohabbatpur	100	18
32.	Bhatipara	25	07
33.	Goaria	60	16
34.	Nischintapur	26	09
35.	Bonkhola	51	06
36.	Banagram	150	18
37.	Cinekhora	50	08

P. S.Daulat Khan, Dist-Bhola, Bangladesh.

Sl. No	Name Of the village	Minority family of 1972 living (Family)	Minority family of 1998 living (Family)
1.	Uttar Joynagar	206	32
2.	Dighaldi Union Parisad Area	2600	96

P. S.Bakerganj Dist-Barishal, Bangladesh.

Sl. No	Name Of the village	Minority family of 1972 living (Family)	Minority family of 1998 living (Family)
1.	Mongolsi Union Parisad Area	7975	1185

P. S.Bouphal Dist-Potuakhali, Bangladesh.

Sl. No	Name Of the village	Minority family of 1972 living (Family)	Minority family of 1998 living (Family)
1.	Kalisunri union parishad Area	7065	2295
2.	Kalaia union parishad Area	9532	4280
3.	Bapchar union parishad Area	675	165
4.	Bhatshala union parishad Area	230	42
5.	Phulia union parishad Area	1150	350

P. S.Laknipur, Dist-Noakhali, Bangladesh.

Sl. No	Name Of the village	Minority family of 1972 living (Family)	Minority family of 1998 living (Family)
1.	Charshekhantar	175	10
2.	Ramgati	350	15
3.	Dakhin Hatia	70	02

P. S.Dhamrai, Dist-Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Sl. No	Name Of the village	Minority family of 1972 living (Family)	Minority family of 1998 living (Family)
1.	Gomgram	275	100
2.	Khagail	250	125
3.	Bounya	200	80
4.	Tukerbari	175	70
5.	Dhalkundu	80	25
6.	Madhu danga	70	00
7.	Amarpur	25	00
8.	Mahisashi	100	40
9.	Dakhin saitya	80	30
10.	Chainya	50	20
11.	Atigram	30	12
12.	Paragram	55	22
13.	Banakotha	40	10
14.	Baisha Kanda	50	21
15.	Kachhor	40	18

P. S.Daulatpur, Dist-Manikgani, Bangladesh.

Sl. No	Name Of the village	Minority family of 1972 living (Family)	Minority family of 1998 living (Family)
1.	Bhawanipur	65	00
2.	Miton	45	01
3.	Tutium	55	21
4.	Gazi Sahil	500	125
5.	Tapri	200	40
6.	Ghona Tapri	115	15
7.	Panchthubi	25	00
8.	yerpur	45	08
9.	Ulail	130	35
10.	Meerpur	250	75
11.	Mulkandi	230	60
12.	Khalsi	140	35
13.	Bincdpur	110	50

APPENDIX-B

Brief details of some more incidents of Islamic fanatic offensive against minority Hindus in

Bangladesh

1. On April 9,’98, there was an incident of desecration of a Hindu religious shrine in Bangladesh. That day, one Mold. Mansur Main (20 yrs), a local fanatic Muslim and his cohorts of village Agenais trespassed into the premises of Shri Shri Rakhal Thakur, took beef and threw the remains all around. The local Hindus protested over this desecration. The Muslim gang threatened dire consequences, if the Hindus proceeded any further.

2. A Shiva Temple in pabna District was similarly targeted by Islamic fanatics on May 27,’98. That day, a Muslim gang trespassed into the Temple, broke open the lock and took away valuable belonging to the deity. The Temple is located at village Bother, P.S. Chatmohar, Distt. Pabna. The gang threatened the local Hindus of dire consequences if they complained to the local police.

3. Discrimination against the Hindu minority is marked in Bangladesh. Recently, the local administration, as a relief measure was distributing Land in village Parulia, P.S.-Hatibandha, Distt. Lalmonirhat to the Landless. Regrettably, it was wren that not a single member or the minority became a beneficiary of this relief program.

4. In another significant incident at village kalikapur, P.S. Shyamnagar, District Pabna, Muslim fanatics targeted an affluent but issueless Hindu woman. On May 20,’97, an armed gang led by one Moha. Wahab Sikdar of adjoining village Barkhapur Forcibly entered the house of the woman named Mayarani and kidnapped her. They also looted all property and even desecrated the family deity. Later, they forced Mayarani to sign legal document bequeathing all her proprety and cash to Mohd. Wahab. Not only that, her modesty was also outraged. Reduced to penury, she lost all mental balance and came over to India for Physical Survival. It was not long ago that she breathed her last but not before telling her tragedy to her well-wishers in India.

5. A cluster of 125 village’s meluding Duaria, Deloys, Durgapur, Titiya and Happen under P.S.-Lalpur, Distt- Natore (Bangladesh) were popular Hindu villages with over one and half lakh Hindu population-an overall 30% of the total populace. For sometime now, Islamic fanatic groups, with support from the local authorities, targeted the Hindu minority in this village with design to make them quit Bangladesh. Physical torture, forcible Harassment of the women-folk kept the Hindu Minority terrorized. Gradually, the Hindus started quitting Home land for India for sheer survival. This unhappy situation commenced during the last BNP rule and has not shown any abatement even after Awaami League came to power in 1996. One Abdur Rahaman, the chief of “Jargis Bahini” and an Al leader was now carring out this anti-Hindu crusade in these villages. Recenly, some Hindus Like Dinesh Chandra Biswas of village Duaria, Samar Pramanik of village Debya, Ananda Pramanik of village Durgapur, Bhabani Singh of villageTitiya and Dulal pramanik of village Hapania were subjected to physical assault by ‘ Jargis Bahini’ cadres, Despite formal complaint to the police and the Administration, no protection was forthcoming. The reports of excesses by the ‘ Jargis Bahini’ on the minorities in a sympathetic section of the Print-media in Bangladesh also went a begging. The national and international bodies of Human Rights need ti look into it at the earliest.

6. The popular Hindu festival ‘Durga Puja’ was celebrated every year at ‘Duga Mandir’, Uliour, Dist. Kurigram,Bangladesh. This year also , the image of the Goddess was made in the Mandir Premises, But, on Sept.12,’98,a gang by Muslim fanatics forcibly entered the premises and demolished the image without any compunction. Despite logging of a formal complaint, local police did not take any action against the culprits, Puja could not be celebrated here this year.

7. An important religious shrine (Mahalchhara Adarsha Grameen Shiva Temple) at Mouza 262, Golabari, P.S.- Khagra chheri, Chittagong Hill Tracts was subjected to attack on Dec.9,’98 by a gang of Muslim miscreants. They entered the temple and took away the Idol and Cash/valuable of over Taka one Lakh. Before quitting the place the gangsters spoke ill of Idolatry and asked’’Malauns” to quit Bangladesh or else face dire consequences.

8. A highly venerated Hindu shrine called “Shri Shri Krishna Balaram Mandir” was constructed during the Mughal rule of Bengal at vill & po Balarampur, P.S. Kaliganj, Distt- Jhenidah, Bangladesh. Gangs of Islamics Fundamentalists always wanted to descreate and destroy this religious place. On sep.9,’98, an armed gang of Muslims miscreants, comprising of 40/50 heads, were gathering near the temple. Sensing danger, the Head Priest and other Hindus inside the Temple raised a hue and cry, which brought large number of local Hindus there. This Muslim gang then resorted to firing in the air and burst Hand-boms amd made good there escape. While fleeing, the miscreants threatened to come back again .

9. On Nov.14.’98 an armed group of Muslim miscreants raided the house of Ratikanta Mondol and Swapan Mondol of adjoing villages Banibaha and Hirankandi respectively of P.S.- Baliakandi, Distt . Rajbar, Bangladesh and decamped with valuable costing over a lakh of Bd takas.

10. A Hindu named woman ( Mrs. Durga rani Biswas W/O. Mohindra Biswas) of village Durgapur, P.S. Sripur, Dist. Magura (BD) was abducted from her house on oct.17 ’98 by one Mohd. Nawab Miah, a local Islamic goon and his gang. Mohindra the husband, filed a suit in the localcourt of Law (No.914/98) besides logging a complaint with the police. The Woman was recovered by the police but instead of recording her statement, she was again hundred over to the gang of Nawab Main. Mohindre was threatened and intimidated. Fearing for his life, he is now fleeing from place with two minor sons, Biswajit & Sanjoy.

11. On one night of Nov.20, ’98, a gang of armed fanatic Muslims raided the house of shri Gouranga Choudhuri of village kudurkhali, Napitpara, P.S. Boalkhali, Distt. Chittagong,However, the Gouranga family and othernearoy Hindus put up brave resistance forcing the intruders to retreat. In the encounter and exchange of fire, one Muslim was killed and two others of the gang ewre injured.

12. Yet another incident revolved round the family or Shri Dinendra Barman, village Mareya-Singhpara, P.S. Debiganj. Distt. Panchagarh (BD). On Nov.9, ’98 While Dinen was away from home, Muslim miscreants enteredhis house and abducted his wife. She was later gang –waped and finally killed brutally. A case eas only registered with the police but no result so far.

(Subhas Chakraboti)

Copy to :-

1. Hon’ble Chairman, Bangaladesh Human Right Comission, Dhaka-1000.

2. Hon’ble Governor, Govt. of West Bengal, Raj Bhawan, Calcutta-62,

3. Hon’ble Secretary Home Political (CR), Government of West Bengal, Calcutta-1

4. Hon’ble Head of Branch Secretariat, External Affairs, Ballygung Park, Calcutta-19

5. Hon’ble Chair man , National Human Right Commission, New Delhi-110001

6. Hon’ble Secretary General, World Hindu Federation, Kathmandu, Nepal.