A portion of the atrocities committed against Hindus in Bangladesh during October

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  • On October 1, in Pabna district, five idols were destroyed at a Durga Puja Mandap.[39] Idols were vandalized in Kotwali, Sundarganj.[40]
  • On October 2, locals caught Shahinur Islam vandalizing an under-construction Durga idol at a temple in Lalmonirhat's Hatibandha upazila near the India border.[41]
  • On October 3, In the Comilla, the Durga idol was damaged and the donation box at the temple was looted.[42] On the same day, in Kishoreganj, Dhaka district, seven idols were vandalized at the Gopinath Jiur Akhara Durga Puja Mandap.[43]
  • On October 4, a businessman named Sunil Chandra Barman in Narail received a letter for the third time demanding a ransom of one lakh taka. The letter also threatened dire consequences if the demand was not met.[44] Three idols at the Durga Puja pandal of the Deuri Bari Sarbajonin Durga Mandir in Bakerganj, Barisal, were vandalized.[45][46] At the Takabari Sarbajanin Durga Mandir in Ujirpur, Barisal, a group of Muslims forcibly entered the Puja Mandap and began reciting the Quran.[47]
  • On 5 October, idols at the Durga Mandir in Jayanagar, Bottola Haat, within the Chapainawabganj municipal area, were vandalized.[48][49]
  • On October 6, broken pieces of bricks were thrown with the intent to vandalize idols in Rangunia Upazila.[40]
  • On October 7, a temple emblem was stolen in Ramgarh, Khagrachari.[40]
  • On October 8, five idols were vandalized at a Durga Puja pandal in Rajbari town.[50][51]
  • On October 9, donation box was stolen from the Chaitali Sangha Puja pandal in Kulaura, Moulvibazar.[40]
  • On October 10, Muslim extremists set fire to a Hindu house near Aziz Fazilpur Tulatuli.[52] Muslim extremists threw a petrol bomb at a Durga temple in the Tantibazar area of Dhaka and stab five festival organizers with knife.[53][54] During a worship ceremony at a temple in Chattogram, a group of Muslims forcibly stood in front of the temple and played Islamic songs on loudspeakers.[55][56][57] Golden crown of idol, gifted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Jessoreswari Kali Temple in Shyamnagar has been stolen.[58] In Maheshpur Upazila, 207 decimals of land inherited by a Hindu family and threatened with murder and other forms of intimidation if they attempt to go to their land.[59][60][61][62]
  • On 12 October, 65-year-old journalist Swapan Kumar Bhadra was murdered.[63][64] BNP leader Haji Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury threatened hindu leaders in Sreemangal, Moulvibazar.[65]
  • On 13 October, some Muslims, along with local BNP leader Mizanur, went to a temple in Barisal during a Puja and recited the Quran, issuing threats.[66]
  • On 14 October, During the visarjan (immersion) of the Hindu idols, some extremists started throwing bricks at the Hindus from the roof of a building in old Dhaka. When some Hindus tried to go up to the building to stop them from throwing the bricks, the police prevented the Hindus from going up. In this incident, two Hindus were injured.[67]
  • On October 21, a group of people attempted to seize the land of 21 Hindu families in Patuakhali town.[68][69]
  • On October 25, following instructions from local Muslims and Muslim scholars, the administration has prohibited to organize the fair during Kali Puja in Kalkini Head of the temple committee and hang a banner.[70]
  • On October 28, in Faridpur, a Muslim mob attacked a Hindu boy, accusing him of making derogatory remarks about Islam and demanding his execution. Later, the military took him to a military camp. Videos circulated on social media show the military blindfolding the boy and brutally beating him before putting him into a jeep.[71][72]

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