‘Thrashed For Being Indian’: Kolkata Resident Narrates Bangladesh Ordeal
Bangladesh Army guards Bangla newspaper Prothom Alo's office in DhakaKolkata: Amid attacks on Hindus and other minorities in neighbouring Bangladesh, a youth from Kolkata said he was thrashed in Dhaka by unidentified people after they learnt he was a Hindu from India.Sayan Ghosh, 22, from Belgharia in the northern fringes of Kolkata, had gone to Bangladesh on November 23 and stayed at a friend's place, and the family treated him as their own son."However, as me and my friend went out for a stroll late in the evening on November 26, a group of four-five youths accosted me around 70 metres from my friend's house. They asked me about my identity. As I told them I was from India and a Hindu, they started kicking and punching me and even attacked my friend who tried to save me," Mr Ghosh told P...