Sunday, June 12, 2016

Cop Brutally Thrashes Hindu man: Pakistan

A Hindu man aged over 80 years was beaten up by a police constable in Pakistan for allegedly eating and selling food before iftaar, triggering a social media campaign that led to the arrest of the cop.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Cop-thrashes-Hindu-man-in-Pakistan-for-eating-selling-food-before-iftaar/articleshow/52714686.cms

Saturday, June 11, 2016

2 Hindu Temples Vandalised: Malaysia

A Hindu temple was today vandalised in Malaysia's Penang state by unidentified persons who damaged the deities, a top state official said, less than a week after a similiar incident in the area.

The Sri Dharma Munisverar temple was reported to have been damaged in today's incident though the extent of the damage was yet to be ascertained, Deputy Chief Minister Dr P Ramasamy said.

This is the second such incident involving a Hindu temple in Butterworth town.

The Munisverar temple is located about one km away from the Muthumariamman Temple in Penanti Estate, Ara Kuda which was reportedly vandalised last Saturday, he said.

http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/2-hindu-temples-vandalised-in-malaysia-1417687

Friday, June 10, 2016

Bangladesh: Hindu Ashram volunteer Killed

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has claimed responsibility for the killing of a Hindu monastery worker in northeastern Bangladesh, according to a US-based monitoring service.

Friday's attack on Nitya Ranjan Pandey, 60, in Pabna district is the third murder of a member of Bangladesh's religious minorities that ISIL has taken responsibility for in the past week.

Pandey, a volunteer at the Shri Shri Thakur Anukulchandra Ashram in Pabna, was attacked while taking a walk early on Friday morning."He had been working at the monastery for around 40 years. In recent years he was the head of its office staff."


Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Hindu Priest Brutally Killed: Bangladesh

Unidentified assailants on Tuesday shot and hacked to death a Hindu priest, Ananta Gopal Ganguly, in Jhenaidah in southwestern part of the country. He was attacked at around 9:30 a.m. by three men who slit his throat with sharp-edged weapons.