The Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Parishad in a statement on Tuesday condemned, expressed outrage, and protested at the attack on the assistant high commission of Bangladesh and the desecration of the national flag in Agartala of India.
In the statement, signed by the parishad鈥檚 acting general secretary Manindra Kumar Nath, the incident was described as 鈥榰ndesirable, unfortunate, and condemnable鈥�.聽聽聽
鈥楽howing respect to the national flag of every聽 country is a sacred duty of the citizens of any nation. Any act of desecration amounts to undermining a nation鈥檚 independence and sovereignty,鈥� the statement read.
It is essential for citizens of any country to refrain from actions involving the desecration of any nation鈥檚 flag to protect both national and international interests, it added.
Earlier, resident students of Dhaka University鈥檚 Jagannath Hall, a dorm for minorities, held a protest march on Monday night condemning the attack in Agartala, the capital city of the Indian state of Tripura.
The march began at the dorm and ended at the Raju Memorial Sculpture, where the students joined an ongoing demonstration by other DU students to denounce the attack in Agartala.
Sarba Mitra, a student from Jagannath Hall, said that Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and Christians, all belong to this country and no foreign power鈥檚 agents will be allowed here.
On December 2, a group of people protesting under the banner of Hindu Sangharsh Samity near the Bangladesh assistant high commission in Agartala, against the arrest of former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das and the alleged attacks on minorities in Bangladesh, broke through the police cordon and barged into the office premises.
