JANUARY - OCTOBER 2016 ASK DOCUMENTATION Violence Against Hindu Community

Destroyed and set Destroyed and set fire in Destroyed and set fire in Temple, Land & Property Injured Dead fire in Home Business Center Monasteries and Statues grab incident

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Note: * Killing of the Priest of Shanta Gaurio Monastery at Debigonj, Panchagar (Daily Star: 22/2/16) * Due to the post Union Porishad Election violence, 100 Hindu families at Ashashoni, Satkhira left their houses (: 21/3/16, : 26/3/16) * Hindu Priest Paramananda Roy (70) was murdered at Dakkhin Bashuria Village under Kushali Union, Dist Gopalgonj (Daily Star: 25/4/16) * Tangail tailor hacked to death (New Age: 1/5/16) * Election extrimists caders demolished hundreds of houses and temples at Khrushkul Union Parishad, under Cox's Bazar Sadar due to failure at Union Parishad Election 10-15 people injured in this con ict (Janakantha: 30/5/16) * Hindu Priest was murdered in Jhenaidah (: 8/6/16) * Hindu Monastery worker hacked to death in Pabna (New Age: 11/6/16) * College Teacher hacked at home in Madaripur (Daily Star: 16/6/16) * Ramkrishna Mission Chief gets threat letter in (Daily Star:16/6/16) * Hindu Priest Nabakumr Ghosh was threatened to life by phone in Kushtia (Prothom Alo: 18/6/16) * The deadbody of Prisit Probin Mullik (47) was found beside of his house in Keshobpur, Jessore (Samakal: 18/6/16) * Hindu Priest Swapan Chakraborty (36) faced an attempt to murder by some miscreants in Kaliakore, Gazipur (Samakal: 24/6/16) * Another Hindu priest was murdered in Jhenaidah (Daily Star: 2/7/2016 * Hindu priest hacked at home in Sathkhira(Daily Star: 3/7/2016) * Hindu priest was attacked in Kishoregonj(Sangbad: 3/7/2016) * 4 Hindu priests got death threat (Prothom Alo:19/7/2016) * Hindu priests got death threat 2nd time in Rangpur (Janakantha: 27/7/2016) * Hindu man's throat- slit body found in Bogra (New Age: 4/9/16)

Source: Prothom Alo, Ittefaq, Samakal, Sangbad, Noyadiganto, Daily Star, New Age, and Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK)