Indian media outlets' reports claiming 2200 incidents of violence occurred against Hindus in 2024 is a misleading and highly exaggerated ones, the chief adviser's press wing has said.
Several Indian media outlets, including India Today, Anandabazar, citing the country's Ministry of External Affairs, on Friday reported that in Bangladesh, 47 incidents of violence
against Hindus occurred in the year 2022, 302 in 2023, and 2,200 in 2024.
"The figure is misleading and highly exaggerated," the press wing said in a statement posted on its verified Facebook page - CA Press Wing Facts -on Friday.
According to the independent human rights organisation, Ain O Salish Kendra, the number of violent incidents against religious minorities in Bangladesh between January and November 2024 is 138, in which 368 houses were attacked and 82 people were injured. —BSS
