Kolkata young people struck in Bangladesh for being Indian, Hindu–

Amid records of assaults on Hindus and various other minorities in adjoining Bangladesh, a young people from Kolkata declared he was battered in Dhaka by unknown individuals after they discovered he was a Hindu from India.

Twenty- two-year-old Sayan Ghosh, that comes from Belgharia location on the north edges of the West Bengal funding, had actually mosted likely to Bangladesh on November 23 and had actually installed at a pal’s location, and the family members treated him as their very own child.

“However, as me and my friend went out for a stroll late in the evening on November 26, a group of four-five youths accosted me around 70 metres from my friend’s residence. They asked me about my identity. As I told them I was from India and a Hindu, they started kicking and punching me and even attacked my friend who tried to save me,” Ghosh informed PTI on Sunday.

“They even snatched my mobile phone and wallet at knife-point. No bystander came to our rescue. There was no policeman nearby. After the incident, we went to Shyampur police station but they refused to lodge any complaint. Instead, they repeatedly asked me why I visited Bangladesh. After I showed them my passport and visa, and after speaking to my friend and his family members, they were satisfied and asked me to get my wounds treated,” he claimed.

Ghosh declared that, nevertheless, that he was refuted therapy at 2 exclusive clinical centers and ultimately mosted likely to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.

“I received treatment there three hours after the incident. I had several stitches done on my forehead and head and even had injury in my mouth,” Ghosh, still struck by scary, claimed.

Ghosh might ultimately lodge a problem with Belgharia police headquarters upon his go back to Kolkata on November 30 as neither the migration neither Bangladesh Border Guards at Darshana boundary station registered his problem formally.

“I was too scared to visit the Indian High Commission in Dhaka fearing for the safety of me and my friend’s family,” he included.

After remaining at his buddy’s residence for 3 days after the event, Ghosh was required to the train terminal by his buddy in the very early hours of November 29 and he took a train for Darshana.

From Darshana, he went across over to Gede, on the Indian side, in the early morning of November 29 and took a Sealdah- bound regional train to get to Belgharia.

The boy, that wanted that the problem not be politicised, claimed he planned to lodge a problem with the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata.

“The youths were locals having some connections and probably that is why the police did not initiate any action against them and did not lodge my complaint,” he claimed.

“I could not imagine such a nightmarish situation awaiting me in a neighbouring country where people speak the same language as us and share similar food habits,” he claimed.

A Bangladesh Deputy High Commission authorities below claimed the acting federal government was dedicated to making sure the safety and security of every resident, from all neighborhoods, in addition to vacationers and check out issues as soon as lodged for reasonable examination.