Send a fact-finding team of MPs to Bangladesh to probe attacks on Hindus: VHP to govt

New Delhi, Oct 20 (PTI) Vishva Hindu Parish (VHP) demanded on Wednesday that a fact-finding team of Indian parliamentarians should be sent to Banglesh for a probe into recent incidents of violence against Hindu mirities in neighbouring country and its report be me public.

saffron outfit also appealed to Union government to "act tough" and exert equate pressure on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government to ensure that Hindu mirities in Banglesh are t discriminated against and persecuted.

" central government should send a fact-finding team of MPs to Banglesh to conduct a full investigation into persecution of indigeus mirity Hindus in Banglesh and make its report public," a VHP statement quoted outfit's joint general secretary Surendra Jain as saying.

Jain was dressing a protest, organised by VHP, near Banglesh High Commission in Delhi against recent attacks on Hindu mirities and vandalisation of temples and Durga puja marquees in Banglesh.

" government of India does t stand so strongly against persecution of Hindus in Banglesh as it does in similar situations in Afghanistan and Pakistan," VHP leer said.

"refore, government of India should act tough and exert all appropriate pulls and pressures on government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina so that any sort of persecution and discrimination of indigeus mirity Hindus of her country is proactively disallowed," he ded.

Jain and VHP's Delhi unit president Kapil Khanna later called on Banglesh High Commissioner and handed a memorandum demanding that safety and security of Hindu mirities in Banglesh must be ensured, saffron outfit said in statement.