Unknown people killed a big Hindu leader in Bangladesh. According to media reports, Bhabesh Chandra Roy (58) was kidnapped from his house on Thursday afternoon and beaten to death. He was the vice president of the Biral unit of Bangladesh Puja Udyapan Parishad. He had a big hold in the Hindu community. Police said that he was a resident of Basudevpur village in Dinajpur, 330 km from Dhaka. Four people came on two bikes and forcibly took him away. Bhabesh Chandra Roy’s wife Shantana said that her husband received a call at around 4:30 pm on Thursday. The caller only wanted to know whether Bhabesh was at home or not. About half an hour later, four people on two bikes came to their house and forcibly took Bhabesh away. According to eyewitnesses, he was taken to the nearby Narabari village and beaten brutally there. On Thursday evening itself, the attackers sent Bhabesh to his home in an unconscious state in a van. He was first taken to a nearby hospital, then sent to Dinajpur Medical College, where doctors declared him dead. Police have not yet registered a case Biral Police Station in-charge officer Abdus Sabur said that preparations are underway to register a case in this matter. He said that the police is working to identify the suspects and arrest them. Bhabesh’s wife Shantana said that she can identify two of the attackers. India said – Bangladesh should protect all minorities
The Indian Foreign Ministry issued a statement in this matter and said – We have received information about the kidnapping and murder of Hindu minority leader Bhabesh Chandra Roy in Bangladesh. This murder shows a pattern of persecution of Hindu minorities under the interim government of Bangladesh. There have been such incidents earlier also, in which the accused roam freely without getting punishment. The statement further said that we condemn this incident and once again remind the interim government to fulfill its responsibility to protect all minorities including Hindus without making any excuse or discriminating. India had asked Bangladesh to focus on minorities A day before, on Friday, India had asked Bangladesh to focus on protecting minorities instead of giving moral sermons on the violence in West Bengal. In fact, the press secretary of the Chief Advisor of the interim government of Bangladesh, Mohammad Yunus, had said that India should protect those minority Muslims who have been affected by the violence in Murshidabad, Bengal last week. Along with this, he denied that Bangladesh has a hand in instigating this violence. India strongly opposed this and said that this statement of Bangladesh is full of deceit and fraud. It wants to divert attention from the massacre of minorities in its country. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, we reject the comments made by Bangladesh regarding the incidents in West Bengal. Bangladesh is giving such statements while the criminals who tortured the minorities there are roaming freely. 32 Hindus lost their lives in Bangladesh between August 2024 and December 2024. On August 5, 2024, after a long student movement in Bangladesh, the Sheikh Hasina government was overthrown. Hasina had to flee the country. With this, the situation in Bangladesh deteriorated. The police went underground overnight. Law and order collapsed. Minorities, especially Hindus, were the biggest targets of the uncontrolled mob. According to the report of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, 32 Hindus lost their lives in communal violence here. 13 cases of rape and harassment of women were reported. About 133 temples were attacked. These incidents took place between August 4, 2024 and December 31, 2024. According to the council, in just 15 days after the coup, there were 2010 incidents of violence against minorities. On January 11, 2025, the Bangladesh government confirmed 1769 of these cases. Investigation has been completed in 1415 of these cases. 354 cases are being reviewed. The Bangladesh government has taken 70 people into custody till 10 December in connection with these attacks. A total of 88 cases have been registered.
