The Congress party on Saturday strongly condemned the “brutal murder” of Bhabesh Chandra Roy, a leading Hindu community leader in Dinajpur, Bangladesh and described it as a disturbing reflection of increasing insecurity in front of religious minorities in the neighboring country.
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh in a post on X highlighted the pattern of harassing violence including vandalism and targeted attacks in temples and urged the Government of India to take immediate diplomatic steps and ensure justice for the victims.
Jairam said, “The Indian National Congress strongly condemns the brutal murder of Bhabesh Chandra Roy, a prominent Hindu community leader in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, his tragic death due to the kidnapping and attack reminds him of the growing insecurity in religious minorities in the region.”
He said, “This is not the only incident. In the last few months, there have been frequent and extremely disturbing incidents of attacks on minority communities in Bangladesh, including impurities on Hindu temples to target attacks on homes and businesses of minorities. This pattern of threatening and cruelty cannot be ignored.”
Calling the Government of India to take action, the Congress MP said, “We reiterate our demand that the safety, respect and rights of religious minorities be completely protected in Bangladesh.”
Silence and inaction are not an alternative when such targeted violence is allowed to root out. “
Jairam Ramesh said, “The Indian National Congress is standing in solidarity with the Hindu community and all those who believe in secularism, justice and human rights in Bangladesh.”
Meanwhile, the police on Saturday confirmed that the post-mortem of Hindu community leader Bhavesh Chandra Roy had been completed, who was allegedly abducted from his house and beaten to death earlier this week in Biral Upazila in Dinajpur district.
Roy Bangladesh Pooja, a resident of Basudevpur village under the Shatagram Sangh, was the vice -president of the Birral unit of Pooja Udjapan Parishad and was a respected person in the local Hindu community.
“What is written in the post -mortem report, it is not yet known what is written in the post -mortem report.” “We will take action after receiving the post -mortem report,” he said. He also said that no formal case has been registered by the family.
Bhavesh’s son Sapan Roy told ANI, “We are busy with our father’s funeral. So no case has been registered.”
