CA press wing debunks Indian media reports on violence against Hindus

The chief adviser's press wing has said that Indian media reports claiming 2,200 incidents of violence against Hindus in 2024 are misleading and highly exaggerated.

Several Indian media outlets, including India Today and Anandabazar, citing the country's Ministry of External Affairs, on Friday reported that in Bangladesh, 47 incidents of violence against Hindus occurred in the year 2022, 302 in 2023, and 2,200 in 2024.

"The figure is misleading and highly exaggerated," the press wing said in a statement on its verified Facebook page, CA Press Wing Facts, on Friday.

According to the independent human rights organisation, Ain O Salish Kendra, the number of violent incidents against religious minorities in Bangladesh between January and November 2024 is 138, in which 368 houses were attacked and 82 people were injured.

According to the statement, the interim government of Bangladesh is investigating every reported incident and is committed to taking the perpetrators to book.

At least 97 cases have been filed between August 4 and December 10, and 75 people were arrested for alleged attacks on religious minorities since August, according to police headquarters.

"Many of these incidents happened between August 5 and August 8 when there was no government. Most of these attacks were political," the statement read.

The government has requested all to refrain from providing misleading information regarding such hate crimes.