India Slams Bangladesh Over Hindu Leader’s Killing: ‘Live Up to Responsibility’

India Slams Bangladesh Over Hindu Leader’s Killing: India on Saturday condemned the murder of Bhabesh Chandra Roy, a prominent Hindu community leader, in Bangladesh.

“We have noted with distress the abduction and brutal killing of Shri Bhabesh Chandra Roy, a Hindu minority leader in Bangladesh. This killing follows a pattern of systematic persecution of Hindu minorities under the interim government even as the perpetrators of previous such events roam with impunity,” ministry of external affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal wrote on X.

“We condemn this incident and once again remind the interim government to live up to its responsibility of protecting all minorities, including Hindus, without inventing excuses or making distinctions,” the MEA spokesperson added.

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Hindu community leader abducted, beaten to death in Bangladesh

He was a 58 years old Hindu community leader who allegedly abducted from his home and beaten to death, PTI quoted local media reports from Dinajpur district in northern Bangladesh.

According to The Daily Star, the body of Roy was recovered on Thursday night, with police and family testimony confirming the event. His wife Shantana reported that he had received a call around 4:30 pm and concluded the call was made by perpetrators to confirm that he was at home.

“Approximately 30 minutes later, four men arrived on two motorcycles and allegedly abducted Bhabesh from the premises,” the report said, adding Roy was taken to Narabari village, where he was brutally assaulted.

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He was unconscious when he was sent back home, and family rushed him over to a hospital in Dinajpur. But he was declared dead as soon as they arrived.

Roy served as the vice-president of Biral unit, Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad, and was a very popular leader of the Hindu community in that peripheral area.

India rejected on Friday remarks of Bangladeshi authorities about violence in West Bengal and asked Dhaka not to indulge in "virtue signalling" when it came to the rights of minority citizens in that country.

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