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    ‘Worse than a nightmare’ Sectarian riots spill over border

    Nov 05, 2021 4 minutes
    By Hannah Ellis-Petersen DELHI and Redwan Ahmed CUMILLA
    Additional reporting by Shaikh Azizur Rahman

    It was early morning when Achintya Das, a 55-year-old teacher in the city of Cumilla in Bangladesh, was woken by the ringing of his mobile phone. On the other end of the line was a fearful, stricken voice. Come quickly, the local told him, something very grave had happened. A Qur’an had been found in the shrine they had erected for the upcoming Hindu festival of Durga Puja. The Islamic holy book had been placed on a statue of the Hindu god Hanuman

    Das, a Hindu who organised the festival, felt dread rise up in him at the news of the desecration of

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