The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday urged the government to take “every possible” step to ensure the safety of Hindus, Sikhs and other minorities in Bangladesh, claiming that “fundamentalists” are targeting them in several districts of the neighbouring country.Addressing a press conference, VHP president Alok Kumar called for strict security vigil on the Indo-Bangladesh border, saying that attempts could be made to “orchestrate infiltration” into the Indian territory taking advantage of the prevailing situation in the neighbouring country.
He also asked the world community to take “effective action” for the safety of minorities and protection of human rights in Bangladesh which he said is “trapped in a strange uncertainty, violence and anarchy”.
“In the recent past, religious places, business establishments and houses of Hindus, Sikhs and other minorities have also been rampaged in Bangladesh. Till last night, 22 houses in Panchgarh district alone, 20 houses in Jhenaidah and 22 shops in Jessore became targets of the fundamentalists and in many districts even crematoriums were vandalised,” he said.
There is “hardly” any district left in Bangladesh which has not become a target of their “violence and terror”, he added.
“In Bangladesh, the houses, shops, offices, business establishments of Hindus and women, children and even the centres of their belief, faith and worship such as temples and gurudwaras are not safe. It can be said that the condition of the oppressed minorities there is going from bad to worse,” Kumar said.