成人快手

After Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 government collapsed in August 2024, violent attacks on Bangladesh鈥檚 Hindu minority were reported. Many of these reports, accentuated by far-right influencers and broadcasters in neighbouring India, were later found to be misleading, sparking skepticism on the legitimacy of the violence. In the first episode of this two-part series for 成人快手鈥檚 Heart & Soul, reporter Sahar Zand travelled to Bangladesh, exposing that the attacks are real, with devastating impacts on Hindu lives and communities, amid media silence and official inaction.
In the second episode, Sahar follows two young Hindu activists, Banamali and Sukanto, who are documenting the violence that they say authorities and media are ignoring. She joins them, in real time, as they respond to a new attack on a Hindu-majority village, where a mob set fire to a yet another building. Witnessing the community鈥檚 fear and distrust of the police and media.
The documentary then reveals that the attacks aren鈥檛 just aimed at buildings. Sahar meets victims, including an elderly village doctor recovering from an attempted murder and a grieving mother whose 14-year-old son was killed trying to escape the country.
The activists take Sahar to a nearly destroyed temple complex, its idols looted and desecrated. The site鈥檚 president implicates the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami for the attacks, revealing political motivations behind the violence.
The documentary also touches upon the rise of Islamism in Bangladesh in recent years, highlighting the harmful rhetoric by some Islamic-leaders, which many activists and victims say have been fueling the tension.
In a tense interview, Sahar confronts Mahmudul Hasan Gunovi, a far-right Islamist leader accused of fueling the violence with his inflammatory rhetoric. Gunovi, linked to a banned terrorist organization and previously imprisoned for inciting violence. Sahar鈥檚 probing questions and refusal to accept evasive answers exposes the dangerous influence fueling the violence against the Hindu minority.
The documentary concludes with a volatile encounter when Banamali and Sukanto visit a sensitive site, where a Hindu crematorium has recently been destroyed, and a make-shift mosque built on its ruins. The situation escalates into violence, revealing a terrifying picture of the reality of the tension engulfing Bangladesh.

Producer: Sahar Zand
Executive Producer: Rajeev Gupta

[Photo: Sahar Zand with Jakesh Chongraray in his living room, which was attacked and set alight by a mob of around 100 men during anti-Hindu violence in Burasardubi Upazila, Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh. The attack on August 5, 2024, left 17 houses and 3 temples looted and burned.]