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On August 5th, Bangladesh descended into chaos after a successful coup ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, forcing her to flee the country as an enraged mob closed in on her residence. In the aftermath, Islamists took advantage of the unrest to carry out violent attacks on the Hindu community. Since then, the minority Hindus in Bangladesh have faced daily persecution, resulting in numerous deaths, rapes, and the destruction of Hindu homes, shops and temples.
If this wasn’t enough, Islamists in Bangladesh are now harassing Hindu intellectuals and professionals and forcing them to resign from their jobs. Some are also being pressured to leave Bangladesh solely because of their religious identity.
In the last few days, many such incidents have surfaced in different districts of Bangladesh. According to sources in Bangladesh as many as 60 teachers/professors/govt officials, who are Hindus, have been forced to resign so far.
On August 20, the Vice President and spokesperson of ISKCON, Radharamn Das posted on X informing how a Hindu teacher named Gautam Chandra Pal became a victim of this systematic targeting by Islamists in Bangladesh. Gautam Chandra Pal taught Chemistry at the Azimpur Government College and was felicitated as the best Chemistry teacher. He has now been forced to resign by the Muslim students in the college.