"Protect Minorities In Violence-Hit Bangladesh": Mamata Banerjee To Centre

Mamata Banerjee highlighted that a lot of people are coming through the Indo-Bangladesh border, which has not been closed.

The Centre must give protection to minorities in violence-hit Bangladesh, and bring back "those willing to return", urged Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday.

New Delhi has accused Bangladesh of failing to adequately protect its minority Hindu community from reprisal attacks since the August overthrow of ex-premier Sheikh Hasina in a student-led revolution. 

The arrest of a prominent Hindu priest in Bangladesh on sedition charges last month further added to tensions between the two south Asian neighbours.