Manish Chaudhary’s family returned from Bangladesh.
Indians living there are returning to their homeland amid the ongoing violence over the power transition in Bangladesh. The families of those who are stuck there are getting constant updates about them through phone and various other means. They are appealing to the central government to allow them to return to their country. Suresh Chowdhury and his family living near the hill temple of Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, also went through a similar situation. After appealing to the government, her son’s family, stuck in Bangladesh, returned safely to their homeland.
Suresh Chaudhary’s son Manish Chaudhary works as an engineer in a private company, whose project is underway in Bangladesh. Manish had been living there for the past two years, while his wife and two children had moved to Bangladesh for almost a year. All these lived in Rangpur city of Bangladesh. His family was trapped there during the violence. After returning to his country, he recounted the days he spent amid violence in Bangladesh.
The whole family was imprisoned in the house for 8 days
Manish Chaudhary, who returned to his motherland Ranchi from Rangpur MI, Bangladesh, told TV9 Bharatvarsh that a curfew was imposed after the violence escalated. We were clearly instructed by the local authority and our company that we should not step out of our house unnecessarily. His entire family was imprisoned in his house in Rangpur for about eight days. He says that his neighbors were very good and the environment was peaceful. However, his family was living in the shadow of fear. Manish says that the administration there was providing other assistance along with security to those people. But there was fear in the mind because of the chaotic situation that had arisen towards the Hindus in Bangladesh.
There was relaxation during the curfew
However, the situation in Rangpur, the city where Manish Chaudhary’s family lived, was normal compared to other cities in Bangladesh. People were given periodic breaks between curfews, during which they went to the market to buy their essentials. After this situation, Manish Chaudhary and his family were in constant contact with the Indian Embassy and the Jharkhand government. From time to time officials would talk to those people and get information about the situation there. Meanwhile Manish Chaudhary and his family reached Kolkata from Bangladesh and from there to their city Ranchi.
People were very nice, I didn’t feel like a stranger.
Manish Chaudhary said he was scared when he learned about the situation in other cities in Bangladesh through news channels and social media. Because I have my wife and two small children with me. His wife said he also had friendships with women from the Muslim community there. She says they never realized they were in a foreign country. He said that all the belongings of those people are in their house in Rangpur city of Bangladesh, from which they have left and returned here. She says that when the situation becomes normal and if the company again sends them for a project in Bangladesh, they will definitely come back to Bangladesh.
