Yunus government says reports on attack on minorities is 'propaganda'

DHAKA: Amid increasing atrocities against minorities, peculiarly Hindus, up of the Feb 12 nationalist elections, the Muhammad Yunus-led Bangladesh interim govt connected Sunday sought to downplay media reports astir incidents - including killings - arsenic attempts "to destruct communal harmony done mendacious propaganda". "Statements made based connected mendacious oregon fabricated accusation tin make disorder successful nine and tin go risky for communal harmony," main advisor Yunus's elder adjunct property caput Foyez Ahammad told reporters, 2 days aft India said attempts to whitewash the communal intent down the crimes and property these to "personal rivalries and governmental differences" lone "emboldens the perpetrators". The Yunus-led medication has repeatedly brushed speech reports of incidents related to minorities arsenic propaganda. "Though the execution of businessman Moni Chakraborty successful Narsingdi was promoted arsenic a communal attack, it was initially owed to household feud and concern rivalry," Foyez said, adding that "according to the archetypal content of the constabulary and the victim's family, nary communal nexus was recovered with the murder".

Moni was hacked to decease past Monday, conscionable hours aft Hindu writer Rana Pratap was changeable dormant successful Jessore. Foyez said that "false propaganda has been dispersed astir the incidental successful assorted places, including societal media, wherever it is presented arsenic a communal attack.