“We have noted with distress the abduction and brutal killing of Shri Bhabesh Chandra Roy, a Hindu minority leader in Bangladesh. This killing follows a pattern of systematic persecution of Hindu minorities under the interim government,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal wrote on X on Saturday. A man named Bhabesh Chandra Roy, 52, died in Biral on Thursday. Indian newspaper the Hindustan Times wrote, "Bhabesh's death by beating after abduction was reported by PTI [Press Trust of India] citing local media reports. Bhabesh's son, Swapan Chandra Roy, told bdnews24.com that his father had gone to a nearby market on a motorcycle with some people he knew in the area.

Source: bd News24 April 19, 2025 20:01 UTC