“I’m deeply sad. I’m deeply sad for these attacks. These attacks on Bangladeshi minority communities are not acceptable. These attacks are against spirit of the nation,” he said.
The US envoy made the remark at an opinion exchange meeting with the leaders of the Hindu community at Dhakeshwari temple in the city.
He said these attacks on the minorities are against the nature of Bangladesh and against that Bangladesh which he knows as moderate, tolerant and open one to minorities.
“I don’t know who is perpetrating these attacks. They must stop.” Mozena said.
He also called upon the government to use all of its capabilities to bring to justice those who perpetrated these attacks.
Mozena also urged the government to utilize all of its all capabilities to protect the minorities of Bangladesh.
Describing the attacks on the minorities he said he reads in newspapers and watches on television about the attacks but the presentations on the attacks helped him understand the totality of the violence.
Hindu community leaders Basu Dev Dhor, Rana das Gupta, Badal Devnath, Subrata Chowdhury, Prof Durga das Bhattacharje, Dipak Kumar Das and Nirmol Chatterjee, among others, spoke it.