‘Pattern of systemic persecution’: India slams Bangladesh’s interim govt over killing of Hindu minority leader
India Saturday condemned the abduction and killing of a Hindu leader in Bangladesh, urging the interim government – led by Muhammad Yunus – to “live up to its responsibility” of protecting all minorities in the country.
The Ministry of External Affairs called the killing of Hindu minority leader Bhabesh Chandra Roy “a pattern of systematic persecution of Hindu minorities” under the interim government.
In a statement on X, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said: “We have noted with distress the abduction and brutal killing of Shri Bhabesh Chandra Roy, a Hindu minority leader in Bangladesh. This killing follows a pattern of systematic persecution of Hindu minorities under the interim government even as the perpetrators of previous such events roam with impunity.”
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