Claiming that the interim government protected the rights of all citizens irrespective of their religions, chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam on Sunday dismissed the claim of India over the death of Bhabesh Chandra Roy in Dinajpur.
鈥業t is unfortunate that the death of Mr Bhabesh Chandra Roy has been described as part of a 鈥榩attern of systematic persecution鈥� of Hindu minorities under the interim government,鈥� he told BSS responding to a query on the comments of India鈥檚 external affairs ministry about Bhabesh鈥檚 death.
Shafiqul Alam, the spokesperson of Bangladesh chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, said that they rejected the baseless claim.
He mentioned that Bangladesh was not a country where one would find government-sponsored systematic discrimination against minorities. Bangladesh government protected the rights of all of its citizens irrespective of religious denominations.
鈥業n this particular case, we have ascertained that the victim went out with some individuals previously known to him. Nobody from the victim鈥檚 family reported his going out with them as suspicious,鈥� he said.
The press secretary said that the autopsy report did not detect any prima facie sign of bodily injury.
鈥楾his notwithstanding, the authorities have ordered viscera analysis to conclusively determine the cause of death,鈥� he said, adding that appropriate actions would be taken once the viscera report was available.
鈥榃e invite all quarters to refrain from making fabricated and inciteful comments on the incident,鈥� Shafiqul added.
On Saturday, the Indian ministry of external affairs called Bhabesh鈥檚 death incident 鈥榓 pattern of systematic persecution of Hindu minorities鈥� under the interim government.
In a statement on X, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that they had noted with distress the abduction and brutal killing of Shri Bhabesh Chandra Roy, a Hindu minority leader in Bangladesh.
鈥楾his killing follows a pattern of systematic persecution of Hindu minorities under the interim government even as the perpetrators of previous such events roam with impunity,鈥� he claimed.