Watch: Massive teams of individuals collect at India-Bangladesh border amid unrest

NEW DELHI: Massive teams of individuals have gathered on the India-Bangladesh border amid the continuing political disaster within the nation. Over the previous few days, the BSF has foiled a number of makes an attempt by massive teams to sneak into India.
Visuals captured from the Indian aspect at Pathantuli in Sitalkuchi, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, present an enormous crowd shouting slogans as Bangladeshi troops patrol close by.

Violent protests in Bangladesh over the previous few weeks has resulted within the deaths of almost 300 folks. The protest additionally led to the sudden resignation of Sheikh Hasina on August 5.
Hasina fled Dhaka the identical day and is at the moment in India.
In the course of the nationwide protests, there have been many studies that Hindus and members of different minority communities had been being focused by mobs.
A number of Hindu temples, households and companies have been vandalised, and no less than two Hindu leaders affiliated with Hasina’s Awami League social gathering have been killed within the violence.
Since Hasina fled the nation, media studies from Bangladesh have flagged increasingly more circumstances of violence in opposition to minorities.

India watching carefully

India has reacted sharply to the studies, with house minister Amit Shah on Friday saying the formation of a committee that can monitor the present Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB) state of affairs.

“The committee will keep communication channels with their counterpart authorities in Bangladesh to make sure the security and safety of Indian nationals, Hindus, and different minority communities residing there,” Shah tweeted.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally highlighted the risk posed to Hindus in Bangladesh.
In a tweet congratulating Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus after he took oath as the top of the interim authorities, PM Modi stated: “My greatest needs to Professor Muhammad Yunus on the idea of his new tasks. We hope for an early return to normalcy, making certain the security and safety of Hindus and all different minority communities. India stays dedicated to working with Bangladesh to satisfy the shared aspirations of each our peoples for peace, safety and growth.”

In the meantime, the spokesperson for United Nations Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres stated he stands in opposition to any racially-based assaults or incitement to violence.
“What we now have made clear is we need to make it possible for the violence that has been occurring in Bangladesh in latest weeks is tamped down. Actually, we stand in opposition to any racially primarily based assaults or racially primarily based incitement to violence,” stated Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the Secretary-Common.