Transparency International calls for effective protection of minorities and state properties

Terming attacks on minorities as “against the fundamental spirit” of the students’ movement, Transparency International Bangladesh has called on authorities to ensure the security of religious minorities and state assets in the violence-hit nation, media reports said on Wednesday (August 7).

Several Hindu temples, households and businesses have been vandalised and at least two Hindu leaders affiliated with Hasina’s Awami League party have been killed in the violence, according to two community leaders in Dhaka.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) “strongly condemned incidents of communal violence across districts, including attacks on homes, places of worship, mandirs, and businesses belonging to religious minorities during the critical period of regime change,” the Dhaka Tribune newspaper said.