Outrage in Bangladesh over bid to demolish house of freedom fighter against British

DHAKA: The minority rights body of Bangladesh has voiced its opposition to the razing of the historical house of the late Jatra Mohan Sengupta, a Bengali lawyer and a top Congress leader.

The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council or Hindu Buddhist Christian OikkyoParishad has called for a human chain and protest rally on January 9 to protect all heritage sites in the country, the Council's General Secretary RanaDasgupta told IANS on Wednesday morning.

On Monday morning, the front portion of the historical house located in the city's Rahmatganj area was bulldozed in the presence of police.

It was, however, stopped in the face of resistance from the local residents of Chattagram led by RanaDasgupta, when he stood before the bulldozer and asked the land grabber GiasuddinSujo, a former leader of the ruling party Awami League and his cadres Faruq, Jashim and others to run the bulldozer over him.

The house of Jatra Mohan Sengupta is located in Rahmatganj area of Chattagram. Referring to Article 24 of the constitution of Bangladesh, RanaDasgupta told IANS that it says the state shall adopt measures for protection from disfigurement, damage or removal of all monuments or places of special artistic or historic importance or interest.

"It is a place of historical interest, on the other hand this building is an antique and cultural heritage. On July 7, 2018 the DC of Chittagong was ordered to restore this historical house. And then the cultural ministry of Bangladesh took a decision to take up a big project for the restoration of the leaders, who fought to free India from British rule.

"We have demanded let the government of Bangladesh take up the historical place and let it be turned into a museum for protecting the historical events of 150 years fight to free India from the British." (IANS)

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