"In the month of January 1950 a Police Officer along with a few constables and Santal (Tribals) peasants were killed in a clash in Nachole in Rajshahi district in connection with Tebbaga Andolan (three-parts movement, for allotting two-thirds of land produce to the tenant, one third to the owner]. Immediately after that, Armed Police and army operation was stated there. Village after village was indiscriminately burnt down, peasants were beaten and tortured mercilessly. They created a reign of terror by free looting, and raping of the Santal women went at will. 24 Santal peasants succumbed to death due to police torture inside Nachole Police Station, Innumerable peasants were killed in Nawabganj and Rajshahi Jails. One of the notable leaders of the movement, Ila Mitra, was brutally tortured in various ways including rape. The pervasive and multi-directional torturing compelled several Santal peasants to emigrate to West Bengal."

"From afternoon one up to six o'clock p.m. moving about through Nawabpur, Sadarghat, Patuatuli,Islampur, Digbazar English Road Bangshal, Chowk etc., I observed the destruction and loss inflicted by Muslims on Hindus. ... Refugees, especially Biharis (Muslims), are responsible for this trouble. Local people, though not against it, but were indifferent. Til nightfall, looting, arson and killing went on undeterred, Police did nothing to stop this. Non-Bengali police encouraged it. Total administrative system played the role of a spectator."

"When the train entered into Mymensingh district crossing the river, it was surrounded on the bridge, The driver of the engine stopped it purposely. The murderers attacked the passengers from both sides of the bridge. Those who dived into the river for safety and tried to swim ashore were drowned, being hit on the head by brick batting. According to Pierre about 2000 Hindus were killed this way.”"

"News of widespread disturbances, loot, murder and arson in some villages of Rajshahi district have been received in Maldah.... After a month since the atrocities had been committed on the Santals, disturbances again started on February 28 last. Since then, hundreds of Hindus of all classes began to cross the border into Maldah district in the Indian Union. During their journey, these people have been subjected to all sorts of harassment ; their womenfolk especially suffered great indignities at the hands of Muslims . The Ansars are snatching away whatever these unfortunate people have with them. A month back, nearly 800 Santals fled away from Nachole Police Station.But since February 28 , the exodus has been continuous . This exodus is due to the forcible occupation of Hindu houses, constant intimidation , molestation of Hindu women . In some cases Bihari Muslims forcibly ejected the Hindus from their houses and occupied them..."

"The tale of suffering and anguish that comes from East Bengal beggars description . More galling to a self - respecting and spirited people is the treatment meted out to women."

"The Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict in Bangladesh is a good example of the type of conflict that tends to go unmediated."

"Bangladesh had attracted the attention of international media and human rights NGOs due to the Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict..."

"The most significant separatist movement of ethnic groups [in Bangladesh] has been that of the Chittagong Hill Tracts which signed a peace accord ."

"It was the holy month of Ramazan, the auspicious day of Jumma. The Holey Artisan Bakery in the affluent Gulshan Thana area of Dhaka was teeming with foreign guests when five militants barged in, chanting ‘Allah Hu Akbar’. Dozens of people were taken hostages on gunpoint and asked to recite the verses of Quran. Those who could recite from memory were spared in an effort to only kill non-Muslims. According to eyewitnesses, the assailants clearly stated they would not harm Muslims. Those who did not fit their criteria were slain with sharp weapons. People across religions and nationalities were aghast alike. How could the minds of these educated young men from well-to-do backgrounds be poisoned to such an extent? What was the motive behind the attack? These questions have bothered me after every such incident. I have been covering terror incidents in India for some years now and the Bangladesh attack brought back all those unhappy memories. Bangladesh is too close a neighbour to ignore such an attack occurring there."

"The news was confirmed at around 10.30 p.m. and I was live on air for hours. It was clear from the beginning that this attack was on the lines of 26/11... It was ironical that the ISIS struck on the same day Owaisi had declared to help its operatives in India."

"Two days after the Dhaka attack, the Minister of Information & Broadcasting of Bangladesh, Hasanul Haq Inu, alleged that ISI was the mastermind of this conspiracy. The notorious spy agency is known to have fomented trouble in what was East Pakistan until 1971. The Pakistani authorities are especially miffed at the Bangladeshi government’s decision to bring pro-Pakistani war criminals to justice. From Osama Bin Laden to the recent killing of Taliban chief Mullah Mansoor Akhtar in a drone attack; it is no more a secret that Pakistan is the nursery of global terrorism. It has diverted money received from the US in the name of counter-insurgency to fund terrorists of its choice. Leave apart India, Pakistani connection is now found in almost every other terror strike across the world."

"The exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen lambasted hardline Islamists on Twitter for the Bangladesh attack. ‘For humanity’s sake please do not say Islam is a religion of peace. Not anymore,’ stated one of her posts."