Bangladesh Confirms 88 Cases Of Violence Against Minorities

Bangladesh’s interim government on Tuesday said that 88 cases have been filed in connection with the communal violence targeting religious minorities in the country between August 5 and October 22, The Daily Star reported.

Seventy persons were arrested in these cases, said Shafiqul Alam, the press secretary to Muhammad Yunus, who is the head of the neighbouring country’s interim government. “All those who commit such violence and heinous acts in Bangladesh will be brought to book,” Alam told reporters.

This came a day after Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri conveyed New Delhi’s concerns about the safety of religious minorities in Bangladesh to Mohammad Jashim Uddin, his counterpart in the country.