New Delhi, Feb 23 A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Ministry of External Affairs to take remedial steps to stop “atrocities, violence and state-sponsored genocide/persecutions of Hindus minority in Bangladesh.
As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a bench headed by CJI Sanjiv Khanna and comprising Justices Sanjay Kumar and K.V. Viswanathan will hear the PIL on February 24 (Monday).
The petition also prays for extension of cut-off dates under The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 to Bangladeshi Hindus who have entered India due to recent violence, atrocities and other state-sponsored political persecution.
As per the plea, in July-August last year, Bangladesh saw the downfall of a democratically elected government and control of administration was “shifted to faction supported by radical Islamist groups who openly advocate persecution and expulsion of Hindus and other minorities from Bangladesh”.
“After seizing control of administration, state-sponsored attacks are being done on the persons, properties and other establishment of Hindu minorities. There are hundreds of spine-chilling videos available on social media which show how students and other persons belonging to minority communities are being killed without any reason, temples being destroyed and illegal arrests being made,” claimed the PIL filed through advocate Manohar Pratap.
Further, it referred to the answer given by the Minister of State in External Affairs that the Union government is ”aware of attacks on Hindus” in Bangladesh.
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