The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, the largest minority group in Bangladesh, has claimed that attacks and violence against minorities in the South Asian country still continue months after the interim government came to power in the nation following the ouster of former PM Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024.

The group released a statement ahead of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres's visit to Bangladesh, where it said: "In the first two months of this year, January and February, a total of 92 incidents of violence targeting minorities and indigenous peoples have occurred."

"Of these, 11 were murders, 3 were rapes, 25 were attacks on temples, 1 was an accusation of insulting religion, 6 were attacks on indigenous peoples, 38 were attacks, vandalism, and looting of houses and businesses, 2 were dismissals from jobs, and 6 were other attacks," the statement said.

The statement said: "It is worth noting that 2,184 attacks targeting minorities took place in the five months from August 4 to December 31 last year."

The group said that led Manindra Kumar Nath, Acting General Secretary of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, its leaders visited the crime scene of the brutal murder of gold trader Dilip Das in Nayarhat Bazar, Ashulia, Savar, Dhaka on the night of March 9.

The group members expressed their condolences to the wife and family of the victim of the murder.

At that time, they also met Additional Superintendent of Police (DB) Tariqul Islam, who was present at the scene, and called for a fair investigation into the murder.

Murder Of Hindu Trader

As per media reports, Hindu trader Das was robbed and hacked to death by a group of men when he was returning to his residence with his wife.

He died in the hospital where he was taken.

He reportedly ran a shop named ‘Dilip Shornoloy.’

The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently informed the Rajya Sabha that as many as 2,601 Bangladeshi citizens were apprehended at the India-Bangladesh border while attempting to enter Indian territory in the last 13 months.

The information was shared by Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.