Kolkata:
A seventeen-year-old Hindu woman from Bangladesh ran by the night time and crossed over to the Indian aspect the place she was detained by border safety officers and handed over to the West Bengal police. The motive she needed to run away was as a result of she was an ISKCON devotee.
She stated her household has been dealing with threats for being from the minority neighborhood for the previous a number of weeks, however the state of affairs acquired out of hand when fundamentalists in Bangladesh threatened to kidnap her and kill the remainder of her household. That is when she determined to run away from her nation.
With no certainty of how lengthy it’d take her legally to flee to India, she determined to run to the border and cross it by foot. That is precisely what she did, however was caught by the Border Security Force or BSF and despatched to police custody, the place she narrated her escape.
According to the police, the teenage woman crossed over illegally from the border in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district. She claimed to have some family dwelling in India and was apparently heading for his or her residence.
Though she has given her assertion narrating her ordeal, the police wish to make sure and never simply take issues on face worth. They are actually investigating the matter and likewise wish to discover out if she was accompanied or helped by somebody find a approach to cross the border.
“The woman has some family in Jalpaiguri district. We have gotten in contact with them,” the investigating officer stated, including that “We are looking for out who helped her in crossing the border.”
“The woman is a resident of Panchagarh district in Bangladesh. She crossed the border on foot however was noticed by the BSF troopers close to the Fatehpur Border outpost in Uttar Dinajpur’s Chopra block,” the police officer stated.
Speaking to information company Press Trust of India, one of many Indian family of the teenage woman stated “She and her household are devotees of ISKCON. Fundamentalists threatened to kidnap her and homicide the remainder of the household. They had been planning to ship her right here (for her security). She was planning to come back to India, however we had no affirmation concerning the date.”
The relative additionally stated that the woman’s father is a medical consultant in Bangladesh and has been unwell for fairly a while now.
Incidents of communal violence are on the rise throughout Bangladesh and folks from the Hindu minority are being focused with little-to-no motion being taken by the administration. ISKCON devotees are the newest goal for the reason that arrest of Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das in Dhaka on November 25. There have been incidents of mob violence and vandalism of property concentrating on the minority neighborhood. Temples have been defaced too.
Protesters from the minority neighborhood have even confronted police crackdowns and lathi-charges. They had been protesting the arrest of the Hindu priest, who remains to be in custody and is present process trial in a Bangladesh courtroom.
Coming to assistance from the teenage woman who fled to India, ISKCON Kolkata Vice-President Radaramn Das has requested Home Minister Amit Shah to intervene within the matter.
“It is heartbreaking and deeply distressing to study a minor woman from Bangladesh who, in sheer desperation, tried to cross into India alone, solely to be arrested by the BSF and thrown into juvenile custody,” Mr Das stated in a publish on X.
It is heartbreaking and deeply distressing to study a minor woman from Bangladesh who, in sheer desperation, tried to cross into India alone, solely to be arrested by the BSF and thrown into juvenile custody.
Her mother and father, each gravely sick, urged her to cross over to India… pic.twitter.com/3ZKnoA7yub
— Radharamn Das राधारमण दास (@RadharamnDas) December 11, 2024
“Her mother and father, each gravely sick, urged her to cross over to India due to the situations in Bangladesh and their concern for her security. They had no alternative however to entrust their daughter’s life to the hope of discovering refuge with their family in India,” he added.
“How can we, as a nation, ignore such a plea for assist? How can we flip away a weak baby in search of security and love? I humbly and urgently request @HMOIndia to intervene with compassion and humanity, and permit this harmless woman to stay along with her family,” Mr Das wrote.
(Inputs from PTI)