2012 Chirirbandar violence

April 2025 2012 Chirirbandar violence refers to the attack on the minority Hindu community by Islamic extremists in Chirirbandar Upazila of Dinajpur District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh on 4 August 2012. Background There was a temporary mosque in the Balaibajar locality of the Rajapur village under Amarpur union council of Chirirbandar Upazila . The owner of the land was Professor Hamida Khatun of Chittagong Metropolitan College. She wanted to make the mosque permanent. The foundation stone of the mosque was laid one week before the incident. But there was an old Kali Temple about 200 yards distant from the mosque. Rajapur village is a completely Hindu dominated village. There is no Muslim in the locality. So the Hindus requested Professor Hamida Khatun to build the Mosque 500 yards away. But she denied and with the help of the Chirirbandar Upazila Parishad chairman and a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader Aftab Ali Molla gave inflammatory speech to agitate the local Muslims.bn:জামায়াত নেতার উস্কানিতে দিনাজপুরে হিন্দুদের ওপর হামলা, বাড়িতে আগুন http://dailyjanakantha.com/news_view.php?nc=15&dd=2012-08-05&ni=105316 Janakantha 5 August 2012 bn https://archive.today/20130121141022/http://dailyjanakantha.com/news_view.php?nc=15&dd=2012-08-05&ni=105316 21 January 2013 14 September 2012 live Anatomy of instigated violence http://www.newagebd.com/supliment.php?sid=119&id=867 dead New Age 7 September 2012 14 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140201215756/http://www.newagebd.com/supliment.php?sid=119&id=867 1 February 2014 Attacks The violence is said to have brewed on Saturday 4 August 2012, in spite of Section 144 being imposed there.http://indiawires.com/12524/news/national/violence-unleashed-over-the-hindu-community-of-dinajpur-bangladesh/ Violence Unleashed Over the Hindu Community of Dinajpur, Bangladesh 14 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120927093329/http://indiawires.com/12524/news/national/violence-unleashed-over-the-hindu-community-of-dinajpur-bangladesh/ 27 September 2012 dead Aftermath The incident triggered panic among the members of the Hindu community in the locality. The Awami League put the incident down to the upazila administration's lack of prompt action and BNP and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's provocation. BNP, however, pointed the finger at the ruling party lawmaker's failure to act responsibly. Hindus' houses looted, torched in Dinajpur https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2012/08/04/hindus-houses-looted-torched-in-dinajpur bdnews24.com 4 August 2012198 charge-sheeted in Dinajpur http://theindependentbd.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129983:198-charge-sheeted-in-dinajpur The Independent Dhaka 3 April 2013 Over 50 important Bangladeshi intellectuals like Shahriar Kabir and Syed Shamsul Haque have condemned the violence.17 arrested over temple land grab http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=245194 The Daily Star 7 August 2012 See also Operation Searchlight Chuknagar massacre Shankharipara massacre Razakar 2012 Ramu violence Persecution of indigenous peoples in Bangladesh Persecution of Buddhists in Bangladesh Persecution of Chakma Buddhists Persecution of Ahmadis in Bangladesh Persecution of Christians in Bangladesh Persecution of atheists and secularists in Bangladesh Freedom of religion in Bangladesh Human rights in Bangladesh References Category:2012 crimes in Bangladesh Category:Anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh Category:21st century in Hinduism Category:August 2012 in Bangladesh