Dhaka, July 15 -- The Police Headquarters (PHQ) on Tuesday said that most recent incidents involving attacks on religious minorities were not communal in nature but instead resulted from personal, financial, or family disputes, and general criminal motives.

The statement came in response to allegations made at a recent press conference jointly organised by the Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Parishad and the Minority Oikya Murcha where statistics on violence and killings against minorities were presented.

In the press conference they claimed that 27 people were killed between January and June this year and 2,442 communal attacks and incidents of violence took place over the past 11 months.

In its statement, the police headqua...