Durg, Dec. 26 -- Demanding strict action against the reports of violence against the Hindu community in Bangladesh, Bageshwar Dham Sarkar Acharya Dhirendra Shastri urged the Centre to take significant steps to protect the minorities in the neighbouring country.

Shastri asserted that if action is not taken by the government into the matter, the identity of Hindus in Bangladesh would be in danger.

Shastri's remarks come in response to the recent killings of Amrit Mondal and Dipu Chandra Das, in the ongoing violence in Bangladesh.

"It is unfortunate. It has become necessary for the Government of India to take some significant steps for Hindus in Bangladesh. If no step is taken, then the identity of Hindus will be in danger," Shastri told ...