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” 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. In the last two months (November 26, 2024, till January 25, 2025), 76 cases of incidents of attacks against Hindus have been reported in Bangladesh, and since August reports have cited deaths of 23 Hindus and 152 incidents of attack on Hindu temples. 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.
