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Muslims first vandalised a temple on the
Loknath Sebasram premises when the meeting was underway. The idols and the temple premises were vandalised. At that night local Islamists named Emdad Ullah and Lokhman hired a construction worker named Mohammad Jasim to break down the wall of the local Mosque
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On 9 February the Hindus in the area took out a procession to celebrate the anniversary of the foundation of the
Lokenath Sebasram. When the procession was passing a mosque, Muslims in the mosque forbade them to drums. At one stage, someone hurled a brick bat on the procession. An altercation took
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On 16 February 2012, police arrested 10 people on charges of vandalising Hindu temples and attacking and injuring the law enforcers. One of the detainees, construction worker
Mohammad Jashim, 30, gave a confessional statement at Chittagong's Judicial Magistrates' Court. Apart from Jashim, the
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The violence against Hindu community was condemned by a great number of people. Initially
Bangladeshi mainstream media kept a media blackout on this topic. But due to Facebook and Blog the news was spread across the world. A great number of Muslims also protested against this crime.
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The court directed the police chief to provide security within three days of restoring the damaged structures. He has been also ordered to investigate whether the
Chittagong range deputy inspector general and assistant SP neglected their duty during the incident.
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The meeting started in the evening. Requesting anonymity, several of those who attended the meeting told that a handful of miscreants vandalised a temple on the
Loknath Sebasram premises when the meeting was underway.
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also vandalised about 50 houses of Hindu people, including Satya Saha, Sudarshan
Chowdhury and Bishwanath Chowdhury, in the locality, said Loknath Sebashram secretary Ashesh Purahit and Satya Saha's nephew Rana Saha.
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detainees are Emdad Ullah, 32, Mohammad Lokman, 46, Mohammad Frid, 35, Mohammad Osman, 35, Mohammad Abu Taher, 40, Manzur Alam, 38, Mohammad Shafi, 38, Abdul Karim, 70, and Hajji
Mohammad Badsha, 65.
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Thousands of students of Darul Ulum Muinul Islam madrassah attacked the Raksha Kali Mandir at
Hathazari and torching the temple after the madrassah students had said their juma prayers on the road.
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organised a meeting between the two parties which was allegedly delayed with ill-intention. A group of
Muslims said that the meeting will be held in the mosque and the Hindus agreed.
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723:"10 Muslim Goons arrested for vandalizing Hindu temples in Bangladesh HRDI : Human Rights Defense (International) : Defending Human Rights of Indian Diaspora"
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The miscreants also vandalised seven temples out of eight at Nandirhat, including the Jalakumari Bari Mandir and Jagannath Bigraha Mandir, and Sita Kalibari temple at
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The duo appeared before the judges at the hearing. The court directed inspector general of police to supervise the case filed over the incidents.
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issued the orders and also summoned Hathazari Police Station officer-in-charge Samiul Islam and district superintendent
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They also vandalised seven to eight cars of the temple's visitors.
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personnel were deployed in the Upazila to control the condition.
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Attacks on religious buildings and structures in Bangladesh
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was clamped on Hathazari on Friday, 10 February 2012.
479:Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad
808:http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/50618c6f2.pdf
421:to divert away vandalisation of Lokhnath Temple.
371:denotes a series of attacks against the minority
575:"Temples, shops of Hindus attacked at Hathazari"
545:Persecution of indigenous peoples in Bangladesh
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697:"800 unnamed people sued for temple attack"
671:"Punish those guilty in Hathazari violence"
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638:"Temple set on fire, 3 others vandalised"
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93:Incidents after 1947 - East Pakistan
320:2014 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence
310:1990 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence
853:February 2012 events in Bangladesh
644:. 11 February 2012. Archived from
604:Firoz, Shibly (17 February 2012).
581:. 10 February 2012. Archived from
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843:Anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh
550:Freedom of religion in Bangladesh
330:2021 Bangladesh communal violence
292:Incidents after 1971 - Bangladesh
395:on the 9 and 10 February 2012.
481:visited the affected areas of
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838:Religious riots in Bangladesh
878:February 2012 crimes in Asia
614:(in Bengali). Archived from
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224:Jogisho and Palsha massacre
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555:Human rights in Bangladesh
515:Sheikh Md Jahangir Hossain
511:A H M Shamsuddin Chowdhury
375:community by the majority
828:2012 crimes in Bangladesh
535:defended the government.
189:Gabha Narerkathi massacre
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459:Border Guards Bangladesh
325:2016 Nasirnagar Violence
315:1992 Bangladesh violence
121:Anderson Bridge massacre
111:1964 East-Pakistan riots
42:Violence against Hindus
369:2012 Hathazari Violence
300:1989 Bangladesh pogroms
269:Shankharikathi massacre
264:Shankharibazar massacre
106:1962 Rajshahi massacres
18:2012 Hathazari Violence
485:. On 19 February, the
209:Ishangopalpur massacre
848:21st-century Hinduism
305:Nidarabad murder case
85:Religious intolerance
60:Religious persecution
453:contingent and four
219:Jathibhanga massacre
863:Arson in Bangladesh
618:on 9 September 2012
533:A B M Altaf Hossain
387:in the Division of
385:Chittagong District
274:Sree Angan massacre
254:Satanikhil massacre
234:Krishnapur massacre
229:Ketnar Bil massacre
70:Freedom of religion
868:2012 fires in Asia
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116:Sitakunda massacre
101:1950 Barisal Riots
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389:Chittagong
80:Secularism
483:Hathazari
469:Aftermath
436:Hathazari
789:10 April
729:10 April
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539:See also
455:platoons
34:a series
32:Part of
759:4 April
681:4 April
642:New Age
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487:BHBCOP
451:Police
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399:Events
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