GUWAHATI, India, – Police in India’s northeastern state of Tripura arrested seven members of a Hindu group and charged them with breaking into the Bangladesh consulate and vandalising property, a police officer mentioned on Tuesday.
The transfer got here hours after Muslim-majority Bangladesh referred to as for quick motion in opposition to protesters who broke into the consulate, saying they tore down its major gate, broken property and desecrated the nationwide flag.
These arrested have been a part of demonstrations organised by the Hindu Sangharsha Samiti, a bunch that claims it protects Hindu pursuits, after Bangladesh arrested a Hindu spiritual chief, Chinmoy Krishna Das, final week.
“Round 50 of them broke into the property’s major gate, and introduced down the Bangladeshi flag publish,” mentioned district police officer Kiran Kumar Ok. in west Tripura.
Among the many 4,000 protesters have been extra folks concerned within the break-in and police have been investigating, he mentioned, including that disciplinary motion had been taken in opposition to 4 cops in control of consulate safety.
In a press release on Monday, India’s overseas ministry referred to as the incident deeply regrettable, including that diplomatic and consular properties shouldn’t be focused beneath any circumstances.
In a publish on X, Tarique Rahman, the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and the performing president of her Bangladesh Nationalist Get together, criticised the assault, saying such incidents brought about division and discord amongst neighbours.
Das, arrested final week on the airport in Dhaka, the capital, on expenses of sedition, amongst others, is related to the Worldwide Society for Krishna Consciousness.
His arrest sparked protests in Dhaka and the southern port metropolis of Chittagong, the place his supporters clashed with safety forces.
Hindu-majority India had additionally condemned the arrest and expressed concern over assaults on Hindus and different minorities in Muslim-majority Bangladesh.
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