Bangladesh Dismisses India’s Concerns Over Hindu Minority Safety, Calls Incidents Isolated | World News

Bangladesh on Sunday rejected India’s concerns about the safety of Hindu minorities, describing recent incidents involving members of the community as “isolated criminal acts” rather than examples of systematic persecution.

“We note with great regret that there are systematic attempts to portray isolated incidents of criminal acts as systematic persecution of Hindus,” Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. he said.

Highlighting a case reported by India, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh stated that the person involved was a listed criminal and died along with a Muslim accomplice during an extortion attempt, adding that it was misleading to present the incident as an incident targeting a minority.

“We note that systematic attempts have been made to portray individual criminal incidents as systemic persecution of Hindus and to misuse them to propagate anti-Bangladesh sentiments in different parts of India. We observe selective and unfair bias in certain quarters where individual incidents are magnified, misrepresented and propagated to incite ordinary Indians against Bangladesh, its diplomatic missions and other organizations in India,” the press release said.

His remarks came two days after India expressed concern over what it called “incessant hostility” towards minorities in Bangladesh. MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, in a press conference on Friday, condemned the recent killings of Hindu youths and called on Bangladeshi authorities to ensure accountability and justice.

“The incessant hostility towards minorities in Bangladesh is a matter of great concern. We condemn the recent murder of a Hindu youth in Bangladesh and expect the perpetrators of the crime to be brought to justice,” Jaiswal said. he said.

Two Hindus of Indian origin were reportedly killed in separate mob attacks in Bangladesh in the past two weeks. On 18 December, Deepu Chandra Das was beaten and set on fire for alleged blasphemy; On December 24, another victim, Amrit Mandal, was lynched following extortion-related accusations.

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