It was all planned
Expressing concern over the recent communal violence in Bhola, 11 eminent personalities yesterday said the incident seemed to have been planned.
Some fundamentalists and opportunists led the vandalism at Hindu temples and swooped on the law enforcers though police and administration had taken immediate steps to resolve the matter, they said in a statement.
Mentioning that the incident resembles previous communal violence in Ramu of Cox’s Bazar and Brahmanbaria, they said, “We want to say that people of Bangladesh will protect the country and communal harmony at any cost.”
The signatories are Anisuzzaman, Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, Syed Hasan Imam, Hasan Azizul Haque, Anupam Sen, Sarwar Ali, Ramendu Majumdar, Ferdousi Majumdar, Mamunur Rashid, Mofidul Haque, and Nasiruddin Yousuff.
They called upon the people to prevent communal and opportunist political forces.
In the last few days, they said, extreme fundamentalists and derailed political forces were giving “hate speech” in different social media and rallies to impede the progress of development and harm communal harmony.
It is clear that under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina the country is making fast development and she is carrying out drives against social injustice and corruption, bringing people relief.
The defeated political parties and fanatic groups are now jointly attempting to create anarchy in the country.
“There is a conspiracy against the country, the pro-liberation political party, and the government,” the statement read.
They said that a group of fanatics from Hefajat-e-Islam and Islami Oikya Parishad was trying to destroy the communal harmony by attacking the homes and temples of the Hindu communities.
At least four people were killed and more than a hundred others injured on October 20 as religious zealots clashed with police in Bhola’s Borhanuddin upazila over a hate speech spread through Facebook messenger.
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