Growing anarchy in Bangladesh

Relations between India and Bangladesh have been going downhill since the August 5 regime change in Bangladesh following widespread students' protests.

Even at that time mobs had unleashed violence against Hindu minorities all over the country. Several Hindus were murdered, their properties looted and women molested by the marauding mobs supported by the extremist Islamic outfits. However, it was hoped that with the setting up of an interim government a modicum of order will return to the riot-torn country. Unfortunately, that has not happened. The anti-India character of the interim regime only further fuels the hoodlums to target minorities. Despite India repeatedly counselling measures for the protection of minorities, incumbent rulers in Dhaka have merely looked the other way while politically-supported thugs attack Hindus, looting their homes and shops, very often with police encouragement. That is why the arrest on Tuesday of Iskcon priest Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari comes as a huge shock since his only crime was to peacefully protest the daily atrocities being committed against the minorities.