The Ministry of Exterior Affairs mentioned in a press release on Thursday that India has reached out to the federal government in Bangladesh and urged them to take sturdy measures to make sure the protection of Hindus. This comes days after a number of stories of arson from Chittagong, the place dozens of outlets and houses belonging to tribals have been burnt down.
Tensions escalated after a conflict between the Hindu group and the legislation enforcement forces passed off in Chittagong attributable to a Fb submit criticizing ISKCON.
“An area Muslim youth reportedly uploaded a submit on Fb criticizing ISKCON. The indignant Hindu group folks protested and clashed with the law-enforcing businesses. They threw bricks and different objects on the police. After the clashes, a joint operation performed by legislation imposing businesses, comprising police and armed forces”, Saifuddin Tuhin, a neighborhood reporter from Chittagong, informed ANI over the telephone.
Just lately some people and teams have demanded a ban on ISKCON in Bangladesh, which has led to escalating tensions between spiritual teams within the nation.
India’s request to the Bangladesh authorities comes at a time when Hindus settled within the neighbouring nation face uncertainty after the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
On Wednesday, Indian Military Chief Upendra Dwivedi held a digital interplay together with his Bangladeshi counterpart Basic Waker-Uz-Zaman, discussing bilateral defence cooperation and problems with mutual curiosity. This was the primary such interplay between the 2 armies since August, after Hasina fled the nation.
Considerations relating to the protection of Hindus in Bangladesh have remained excessive because the ouster of Hasina, after which a number of stories of violence in opposition to spiritual minorities emerged from the nation.
Many Hindu outlets, properties and temples have been vandalised in the course of the riots that broke out after the previous authorities’s fall, and two Hindu leaders of the Awami League have been killed.
(With inputs from PTI, ANI)
