Annual Report 2016
encountered the terrorists. Two constables of
police lost their lives; one extremist was
killed and a woman died in the incident. 2
in presence of police. Four Santals died at the
firing by police. It would be noteworthy to
state that the Fact Finding Mission led by
NHRC Chair which included 03 hon’ble
Members of Parliament visited the spot and
inquired the matter and took appropriate
steps in this regard.
Both the terrorist-attack mentioned above
were operated by reckless terrorist groups
who being radicalized by fundamental
Islamic ideology committed such crimes and
consequently met premature death in commando encounter. Peaceful co-existence of
different faiths, rule of law, social harmony
and integrity are being hampered. Human
rights of innocent people are also shattered
by this act of sheer idiocy and whim. Actually those fundamentalists are simply misguided and act against humanity which is condemned universally.
There were attacks by some vested groups on
the temple and homestead of Hindu community of Nasirnagar, Brahmanbaria in 2016.4
Moreover there were some planned and
unplanned attacks on different temples and
devotees (shebayet) at Panchagar, Chadpur,
Bandarban and Zinaidah at different times
that indicated a threat to the religious harmony in the country. On attack on Hindu community at Nasirnagar, NHRC Fact Finding
Mission conducted spot enquiry and submitted report identifying the reasons of the incidence which was sent to Ministry of Home
Affairs for necessary action.
Rohingya Influx in Bangladesh
The year 2016 witnessed the influx of
Rohingyas fleeing from the atrocities of
Myanmar Army. Scores of Rohingyas fled to
Bangladesh because of a military crackdown
in Rakhain state of western Myanmar. Prior
to October 2016 influx, reportedly there
were more than 200000 Rohingyas entered
to Bangladesh territory due to persecution by
Myanmar which has caused socio-economic
problems to the overpopulated country and
the influx in 2016 was a serious concern as
well. NHRC expressed deep concern on the
atrocities on Rohingyas by Myanmar and
urges that Myanmar should take back them
to their ancestral land.
2 The Daily Star, 07 July 2016. Available athttp://www.thedailystar.net/country/cop-killedblasts-during-sholakia-eid-prayers-1250827
3 The Daily Star, 08 November 2016. Available athttp://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/santal-land-
Attack on small Ethnic & Religious
Minorities
Police and miscreant groups jointly attacked
the Santal community of Gobindagonj, Gaibandha.3 Some employees of the Sugar Mill
torched the houses of the Santal community
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4 The Daily Star, 31 October 2016. Available athttp://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/mayhembbaria-1306942
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