A delegation led by West Bengal Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari met senior officials of the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission on Friday. The delegation urged Bangladeshi officials to take necessary measures to end alleged atrocities on minorities in the neighbouring country.
A large group of protesters gathered outside the Deputy High Commission's office demanding measures to stop atrocities against minorities in the neighbouring country. Briefing reporters after meeting Bangladeshi officials, Adhikari claimed that Deputy High Commission officials had avoided meeting him since Monday and agreed to the interaction only after he warned of staging a large protest outside the office.
Adhikari said he sought details regarding charges against Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu youth allegedly lynched by a mob in Mymensingh over an alleged anti-Islam post on Facebook. Adhikari also said he sought information on compensation provided to the victim's family.
The Bangladeshi Hindu youth was allegedly assaulted after being taken out of police custody, and was falsely accused of writing that post as he owned a basic mobile phone, Adhikari said.
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Adhikari said he also raised the issue of continued detention of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh, and charged he had remained in jail without justification. Adhikari also questioned why Hindus were being beaten up and their houses burnt.
Adhikari also targeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and charged that she "turned the Bengal police into her personal force".
