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DHAKA, BANGLADESH, October 11, 2001: Some 50,000 people have virtually remained stranded in their homes as attacks on Awami League (AL) leaders and workers and the minority community continued in Jessore, Bangladesh for the past 10 days, according to this report and direct information e-mailed to Hinduism Today. Locals alleged that armed cadres of ousted BNP leader Maulana Shakhawat Hossain Bakul ransacked the houses of AL leaders, workers and Hindu families, and looted their valuables in 70 villages of the upazila, leaving 30 people injured since the election. Hindus living in those areas for generations were being asked to abandon their houses and leave the country threatened with dire consequences if they didn’t leave the areas soon. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia took the oath of office amidst rising anti-American protests and sporadic reports of violence. Other reports of this and some anti-American protests are at http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1591000/1591794tsm and at http://www.indian-express.com/ie20011009/nat9.html

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