Despite protest from different organisations and administration’s assurance to protect Hindu community members, attacks on the minority continue.
Yesterday morning there was a fresh attack on one Ram Gopal Chakrabarti and his family at Daspara in Paikpara of Brahmanbaria town, the Dhaka Tribune Brahmanbaria Correspondent reported.
Three people were injured in the incident.
After the attacks, panic gripped the Hindu communities in the area.
Ram Gopal said he, his wife and daughter were injured when miscreants attacked them demanding extortion.
Officer-in-Charge of Brahmanbaria Sadar model police station Kamal Pasha said police visited the area and were working to arrest the attackers.
The Hindus came under attack soon after the completion of general election on January 5 in different parts of the country allegedly by BNP-Jamaat activists who were resisting the election.
Meanwhile, the Ganajagaran Mancha supporters met up with the Hindus community members of Malopara at Abhoynagar in Jessore after their road march reached there Saturday noon.
Speaking at a rally, Ganajagaran Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarkar assured the affected people that they would be with the affected Hindu community members.
He said their activists would continue protest against the attacks on Hindu community members.
A deletion of about 100 people distributed relief materials among the victims.
People of different sections including Jessore Science and Technology University Vice-Chancellor Abdus Sattar joined the marchers at Malopara and expressed solidarity.
The Hindus were seen happy after getting people who expressed solidarity with them.
Sifat Mehnaz, upazila nirbahi officer, Abhaynagar, told the Dhaka Tribune a total of 298 members of 51 families were affected in the attacks.
“They were given adequate relief materials,” she added.
Talking to the Dhaka Tribune, Reshma Sharmin, assistant superintendent of police, Jessore, said 42 people were held in connection with the attack so far.
Mostafizur Rahman, deputy commissioner, Jessore, said a three-member probe body was formed to inquire into the incident.
Meanwhile, in a statement, Bangladesh Communist Party strongly condemned the incidents of rape of two Hindu women in Monirampur in Jessore.
The organisation urged the masses to form committee to prevent communal violence in every village of the country.
They also demanded exemplarily punishment of the perpetrators and ban of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
Human chain and processions were also held in Magura, Nilphamari, Sherpur, Laxmipur, Jamalpur, Kishoreganj, Chandpur, Madaripur, Pabna, Lalmonirhat, Narayanganj and Chittagang. Different organisations demanded special tribunal to punish perpetrators.