Hindu youth lands in jail in Bangladesh for the ‘crime’ of sharing Lalon Fakir’s lyrics

A Hindu goldsmith named Sanjay Rakshit (40) has been arrested and despatched to jail by Bangladesh Police for quoting two strains of a music of internationally acclaimed thinker and mystic poet Lalon Sai, who additionally is called Lalon Fakir.

In accordance with media studies, this disturbing incident came about in Bhedarganj upazila underneath Shariatpur district in Bangladesh on April 28, 2024. Sanjay Rakshit posted two strains of Lalon’s music – “সুন্নত দিলে যদি হয় মুসলমান, তাহলে নারী জাতির কি হয় বিধান” (If circumcision turns a person to a Muslim, then what’s the legislation of ladies). These two strains are from Lalan’s music ‘Sab Loke Koy Lalan Ki Jaat Sansare’.

Police says, Sanjay’s posting of this put up angered the locals. He was arrested from his house in Sajanpur space of ​​the upazila on Sunday afternoon. Officer-in-Cost (OC) of Bhedarganj police station, Mintu Mandal, stated {that a} younger man was arrested for ‘insulting’ the foundations of Islam and hurting non secular sentiment of Muslims on Fb. He has been despatched to jail by way of the courtroom with a case underneath part 54 of the Bangladesh Penal Code. The case remains to be underneath investigation.

In accordance with the assertion of the case, “Sanjay Raksit posted on his Fb ID, ‘If circumcision is finished you’re a Muslim, what is going to occur to the ladies’s race?’ Later there was deep anger and dissatisfaction among the many native religious Muslims. This may occasionally result in assaults on Hindus by native Muslims and deterioration of legislation and order. Subsequently, Sanjay was initially despatched to Shariatpur District Jail underneath Part 54 of the Code of Felony Process.”

OC Mintu Mondal stated that some native individuals claimed that the emotions of Muslims had been damage by way of the writing. They made a verbal grievance concerning the matter. So to keep away from social chaos, Sanjay was arrested and despatched to Shariatpur District Jail.

When requested who made the grievance, the OC stated with out mentioning their names, some native individuals made this grievance.

Because the OC has admitted Sanjay Rakshit has been arrested at “verbal grievance” one might ask – what was the motive behind this arrest. Has the OC finished this on function to tarnish picture of Bangladesh globally? Is sharing Lalon’s music against the law or is Lalon Fakir an outlawed determine in Bangladesh?

When the information of the arrest of Sanjay Rakshit got here to the media, many individuals expressed their anger on social media. Many posted quoting these two strains from Lalan Sai’s music and wrote, “I wrote too, arrest me”.

Authorities involved want instantly type an inquiry committee into this matter and take stern punitive measure towards the OC for such infamous try as from the assertion of OC Mintu Mondal, it’s clear that nobody truly has lodged grievance towards Sanjay Rakshit. As an alternative the OC has arrested him as per his personal choice. Such actions of the police officer may need ulterior motive. He might even has finished this with the agenda of destroying communal concord within the nation.

It could be talked about right here that, Lalon, born of October 14, 1772 is often known as Lalon Shah, Lalon Fakir and Shai ji was a distinguished Bengali thinker, mystic poet and social reformer Thought to be an icon of Bengali tradition, he impressed and influenced many philosophers, poets and social thinkers together with Rabindranath Tagore and Allen Ginsberg. Lalon’s philosophy of humanity rejects all distinctions of caste, class, and creed and takes stand towards theological conflicts and racism. It denies all worldly affairs searching for the soul and embodied the socially transformative function of sub-continental Bhakti and Sufism.