October 18, 2021
UPDATED: October 18, 2021
17:03 IST
Taslima Nasreen’s tweet
comes amid ongoing violence
in Bangladesh.
Bangladeshi-Swedish writer
Taslima Nasreen slammed
Bangladesh Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina over the
ongoing violence against the
Hindu community in the
country.
Taking to Twitter, Nasreen
claimed that “two Hindu
villages were burnt down by
jihadis” on the night of
October 17. Hitting out at the
Bangladesh PM, she wrote,
“Hasina was playing flute.”
Further, she tweeted, “Hasina
is celebrating today her
brother Sheikh Russel’s birth
anniversary when thousands
of Hindus are homeless after
their houses were demolished
or burnt down.”
At least 20 houses were
completely burnt in
Majhipara’s Jelepolli at
Ramnathpur Union in the
attack carried out late on
Sunday over a social media
post that allegedly
dishonoured religion.
Some 65 houses were torched
during the attack, as per the
local Union Parishad
chairman.
“They attacker belonged to the local units of the Jamaat-e-Islami and its
student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir,” Chairman Md Sadequl Islam told
Dhaka Tribune.
HASINA WARNS ‘BAD ELEMENTS’
Meanwhile, Sheikh Hasina gave a stern warning on Thursday to “bad
elements” trying to “disturb communal harmony”. Her statement came after
reports of attacks on Durga Puja pandals emerged from across the country.
Addressing a gathering of the Hindu community on the occasion of Durga
Puja at the Dhakeswari temple in Dhaka, Sheikh Hasina said that action
would be taken against the perpetrators of communal violence in Comilla.