Is Bangladesh the next point where violence will flare up? HindustanTimes.com draws no such broad conclusions, they only describe a fairly minor incident.
The gypsies reportedly told the BSF that they had travelled to Nilhati, a border village in Bangladesh, to hold shows. It had rained hard on January 30 and they were looking for a shelter when the BDR told them about a nearby schoolhouse where they could spend the night. They found no such building -- it was a BDR ploy to get them to cross the border. When they tried to return, the BDR beat them up and pushed them back into Indian territory at gun point.
The snake charmers are Muslims, but they perform Hindu rituals and worship the snake goddess Manasa. This makes them unpopular with Musilm fundamentalists, who might have plotted with the BDR to push them into India.
Monday, February 03, 2003
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