Rahul Ananda’s Dhaka House Set on Fire by Mob, Hindu Musician Escapes Unharmed

Amid the continuing unrest in Bangladesh, the place there have been further than one reports of based Hindus and minorities being murdered and residences being set on fire, Rahul Ananda, a Hindu musician in Dhaka, is thought to were the sufferer of a violent assault on his home. He is a musician, songwriter, and vocalist who leads the accurate-acknowledged folk crew Joler Gaan in Dhaka.

Evaluations state that while as Mr Ananda, his wife, and their youngster were competent to flee the assault unscathed, the assailants took one thing valuables they would presumably from the artist’s home. The condo grew to develop into demolished all through the mob, who additionally took valuables, including Ananda’s big sequence of further than three,000 handcrafted musical items.

In retaining with a detailed domestic member of Rahul Ananda who spoke with The Natural Famous person, a every day newspaper posted in English in Bangladesh, the assailants smashed down the gate formerly than starting to spoil the condo. A source relating to the domestic advised the newspaper, “They took the complete lot from furniture and mirrors to valuables. After that, they torched the complete condo alongside with Rahul da’s musical items.”

Performers, musicians, and his admirers/followers went to social media to selected their deep sorrow on the unfathomable death of the cherished artist and his domestic. Many have additionally puzzled why the match occurred even with the musician’s and his band’s statements of help for the student movement’s struggle in opposition to the tyranny of the previous administration.

In Bangladesh, attacks on minority businesses, noticeably Hindus, have escalated a day after the extreme minister grew to develop into ousted accordingly of big demonstrations in opposition to a contentious job quota in authorities jobs.