‘Deplorable… systematic sample of desecration’: India condemns assaults on Hindu temples in Bangladesh | India Information

“These are deplorable occasions. They observe a scientific sample of desecration and harm to temples and deities that we’ve witnessed over a number of days now,” the assertion added.

The MEA additionally urged the Bangladeshi authorities to “guarantee the protection and safety of Hindus and all minorities and their locations of worship, particularly throughout this auspicious pageant time”, referring to Durga Puja and Dussehra.

Reviews have steadily emerged of Hindu locations of worship being attacked in Bangladesh since August, when its former prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled the nation after the toppling of her authorities following months of protests, and the formation of an interim authorities led by Nobel laureate Mohammed Yunus.

There have been additionally experiences of vandalisation of companies and different properties of minorities. In a floor report from August 13, The Indian Specific had reported that there had been at the least 205 incidents of assaults on members of Hindu group in 52 districts for the reason that fall of the Hasina authorities on August 5. In the identical month, the interim authorities had arrange a hotline asking individuals to offer details about assaults on Hindu temples, church buildings or some other non secular establishments belonging to minorities.

On August 8, as Yunus was sworn in, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had prolonged his finest needs to him and urged him to make sure “the protection and safety of Hindus and all different minority communities” who’ve come underneath assault.