November 2, 2016 5:31 PM

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Attack on temples planned to grab Hindu land: Bangladesh NHRC

In Bangladesh, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said, the attacks on several Hindu temples in the country were carried out under a well orchestrated plan aimed at grabbing lands of the minority community. <br/><br/>It said, the attacks on several temples and households in the central Brahmanbarhia district's Nasirnagar indicated that they were pre-planned. Enamul Haque Chowdhury, NHRC member and chief of a three-member fact-finding committee of the rights panel said, the attack was carried out to drive away the Hindus from their land. <br/><br/>Indian High Commission in Dhaka today sent a delegation led by a First Secretary to the scene of the attacks.<br/>Several hundred people had attacked and ransacked at least 15 Hindu temples and over 20 households in Nasirnagar after a Facebook post deemed offensive to Islam sparked massive outrage in the Muslim-majority nation. Several priests of the temples suffered injuries in the attacks during the raids.

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