Minorities, temples attacked in Bangladesh, carefully monitoring scenario: Jaishankar to Rajya Sabha | India Information

NEW DELHI: Exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday advised Rajya Sabha that the Indian authorities is in fixed talks with the Bangladesh interim authorities and protecting a detailed watch on the legislation and order scenario in Dhaka a day after Sheikh Hasina resigned from the prime minister submit and fled to India. He additionally added that throughout the protests on Monday, a number of minorities have been focused in Dhaka.
“On 4th August, occasions took a really critical flip. Assaults on police, together with police stations and authorities installations, intensified at the same time as total ranges of violence tremendously escalated. Properties of people related to the regime have been torched throughout the nation. What was notably worrying was that minorities, their companies and temples additionally got here beneath assault at a number of places. The complete extent of that is nonetheless not clear,” Jaishankar mentioned.
“We’re in shut and steady contact with the Indian group in Bangladesh by our diplomatic missions,” he mentioned.

“We’re additionally monitoring the scenario with reference to the minorities. There are an estimated 19,000 Indian nationals there of which about 9000 are college students. The majority of the scholars returned in July … There are stories of initiatives by varied teams and organisations to make sure their safety and properly being,” Jaishankar mentioned in his assertion in Rajya Sabha.
“We’ll naturally stay deeply involved until legislation and order is visibly restored,” he mentioned.
“Our border guarding forces have been instructed to be exceptionally alert in video of this advanced scenario. In final 24 hours, we’ve been in contact with authorities in Dhaka,” Jaishankar advised Rajya Sabha.
On Wednesday, Indian cultural centre was vandalised by an unruly mob in Bangladesh’s capital and 4 Hindu temples suffered “minor” damages throughout the nation, eyewitnesses and a group chief mentioned.
Kajol Debnath, Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council chief, mentioned he has obtained stories that at the very least 4 Hindu temples have been broken throughout the nation.
“These are minor damages,” he mentioned. Nevertheless, some Hindu group leaders are afraid within the wake of the tense scenario after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ouster.
The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre situated in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi space was broken by the unruly mob, in keeping with eyewitnesses.
The protesters additionally set hearth to a number of key places in Dhaka, together with Bangabandhu Bhaban, also called the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, at Dhanmondi 32, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.
Watch Jaishankar’s full speech in Rajya Sabha right here