Protests against the atrocities on minorities in Bangladesh continued in the northeastern states with different groups on Tuesday organised demonstrations in Assam and Tripura to condemn the persecution of Hindus and other minorities in the neighbouring country.
On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, activists of Lok Jagaran Manch, Assam, staged a protest in front of the office of the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Guwahati against the ongoing atrocities, harassment and intimidation of Hindus in the neighbouring country.
The demonstrators also handed over a memorandum to the officials of the Assistant High Commission calling upon the Interim Bangladesh government to stop atrocities and to safeguard the lives and properties of all Hindus and other minorities.
The memorandum, addressed to Bangladesh Interim Government's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus accused Islamic fundamentalists of carrying on atrocities against Hindus and other minorities in the country and the law enforcing agencies were mute spectators.
Protestors said that women, as well, are the sufferers due to the ongoing violence of Bangladesh.
"Attacks, killings, looting, arson, abuse against men and women in Bangladesh are daily affairs," claimed the protestors.
Protesting for such arrest, they further described it as unfair and undemocratic one. Hundreds of people on Tuesday participated in a rally protesting in Kailashahar under Unakoti district in the northern parts of the state in Tripura.
The Hindu Ekta Manch organized protests to seek the release of Bangladesh ISKCON spokesperson Chinmoy Das and protest against the rising atrocities against minority Hindus in Bangladesh.
The rally commenced at the tri-Junction at Shrirampur, then passed through key areas of district town Kailashahar and other areas including Gobindpur, Central Road, Hospital Road, PWD Road, and Netaji Corner, which finally culminated in a grand public gathering at the RKI School Ground along the India-Bangladesh international border.
In a symbolic show of defiance, protesters also marched to the Manu Land Customs office at the border, where they demonstrated against Bangladesh border guards, shouting slogans for nearly half an hour before the situation was brought under control by local authorities.
The rally was spearheaded by senior Unakoti district lawyer and Hindu leader Sandeep Debroy, along with prominent leaders Gautam Das, Deepak Bhattacharya, Uttam Deb, Shyamal Sarkar, Bijoy Das, Ajay Das, and others.
Heightened security arrangements, including additional deployments of BSF, CRPF, police, and TSR forces, were made to ensure order during the rally.
The Hindu Ekta Manch said that over 10,000 members of the Sanatani Hindu community attended, the first ever gathering in Kailashahar's history.
Sandeep Debroy, speaking at the meeting, claimed that the interim Bangladesh government, led by Muhammad Yunus, unjustly arrested ISKCON spokesperson Chinmoy Das.
Protests against the Bangladesh government will continue until Chinmoy Das is released unconditionally, he said.
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