VHP calls for slashing 50% of India-Bangladesh border trade over attacks on Hindus

Guwahati: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), protesting the recent killings of Hindus in Bangladesh, on Tuesday demanded that half of border trade with Bangladesh be slashed.

VHP activists on Tuesday organised a protest at the Raghna check post and border trade point along the India-Bangladesh border in northern Tripura.

A large contingent of security personnel was deployed during the several-hour-long protest to maintain law and order.


Tripura has the highest number of trading points with Bangladesh — six in total, including two Integrated Check Posts (ICPs).

Four northeastern states — Tripura (856 km), Meghalaya (443 km), Mizoram (318 km) and Assam (263 km) — share a total 1,880-km-long border with Bangladesh, with more than a dozen border trade points functioning along these frontiers.

Over the past three weeks, at least six Hindu men, mostly businessmen, have been brutally killed in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh has witnessed escalating violence against all minorities, including Hindus, under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, triggering outrage among people and several human rights organisations worldwide.