India on Friday once again flagged the attacks on minorities in Bangladesh, stating that the tendency to attribute them to extraneous reasons was emboldeningthe perpetrators and deepening the sense of fear among members of the minoritycommunities. External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal was responding to a question at the weekly briefing on continuing attacks on minorities in Bangladeshand whether India had reached out to Dhaka in recent days on this issue. Two Hindus have been killed in Bangladesh in the first week of this year itself. ADVERTISEMENTJaiswal said: “We continue to witness a disturbing pattern of recurring attacks on minorities as well as their homes and businesses by extremists. We have observed a troubling tendency to attribute such incidents to personal rivalries, political differences or extraneous reasons.

Source: The Telegraph January 10, 2026 00:58 UTC