B'desh unrest: India rebuts Dhaka media's 'propaganda'; flags atrocities against minorities

NEW DELHI: India connected Sunday rejected reports of the Bangladesh media arsenic "misleading propaganda" implicit a protestation that took spot extracurricular the Bangladesh High Commission successful New Delhi pursuing the “horrendous killing” of Dipu Chandra Das, a subordinate of the number community, successful Mymensingh.

The ministry of outer affairs (MEA) said that India is intimately monitoring the concern successful the neighbouring state and has voiced beardown concerns implicit the continuing atrocities against minorities successful Bangladesh.The MEA besides clarified that the tiny radical that gathered extracurricular the precocious committee of Bangladesh was dispersed by constabulary soon after.In an authoritative statement, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, "We person noted misleading propaganda successful sections of the Bangladesh media connected the incident.

The information is that astir 20-25 younker gathered successful beforehand of the Bangladesh High Commission successful New Delhi connected 20 December and raised slogans successful protestation against the horrendous sidesplitting of Dipu Chandra Das successful Mymensingh, portion besides calling for the extortion of each minorities successful Bangladesh.

There was nary effort to breach the obstruction oregon make a information concern astatine immoderate time. The constabulary stationed astatine the spot dispersed the radical aft a fewer minutes.

Visual grounds of these events is disposable publically for each to see. India is committed to guarantee the information of overseas Missions/Posts successful its territory successful accordance with the Vienna Convention."The MEA added, "India continues to support a adjacent ticker connected the evolving concern successful Bangladesh. Our officials stay successful interaction with Bangladesh authorities and person conveyed to them our beardown concerns astatine the attacks connected minorities. We person besides urged that the perpetrators of the barbaric sidesplitting of Das beryllium brought to justice.”Security was heightened extracurricular the Bangladesh High Commission adjacent arsenic wide unit dispersed crossed Bangladesh pursuing the decease of Osman Hadi and the mob lynching of Dipu Chandra Das.