According to The Daily Star, Roy received a phone call around 4:30 pm on Thursday, believed to be from the perpetrators confirming his presence at home. Roughly 30 minutes later, four men on two motorcycles allegedly abducted him from his residence in Basudebpur village, about 330 kilometres northwest of Dhaka.He was taken to Narabari village, where he was severely assaulted. Family members said Roy was returned home unconscious and rushed to a hospital in Dinajpur, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.Biral Police Station officer-in-charge Abdus Sabur said preparations were underway to file a case, and efforts were on to identify and arrest the attackers.Meanwhile, tensions escalated diplomatically as India rejected recent remarks by Bangladeshi officials drawing parallels between violence in West Bengal and attacks on minorities in Bangladesh.“We reject the remarks made by the Bangladesh side with regard to the incidents in West Bengal,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday. “This is a barely disguised and disingenuous attempt to draw a parallel with India’s concerns over the ongoing persecution of minorities in Bangladesh where the criminal perpetrators of such acts continue to roam free.” The spokesperson asked Dhaka to focus on protecting the rights of its minorities instead of indulging in “virtue signalling”.The killing has sparked outrage among Hindu groups and civil society members in Bangladesh, who have repeatedly raised concerns over the safety of religious minorities.
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