New Delhi: The murder of a freedom fighter of the 1971 Liberation War and his wife in Bangladesh’s Rangpur proves once again that minorities are unsafe in the country.

On Sunday morning, the bodies of 75-year-old Jogesh Chandra Roy and his wife Suborna Roy were discovered by their neighbours after knocks on their door went unanswered.

Until 2 pm on Sunday, no case had been filed, and this despite the couple’s two sons serving with the Bangladesh police.

Their two sons, Shoven Chandra Roy and Rajesh Khanna Chandra Roy serve with the Bangladesh police at Joypurhat and Dhaka respectively. Following the incident, police from the Taraganj Police Station, including the Officer-in-Charge (OC) visited the crime scene.

A forensics team was deployed and an autopsy was ordered. No motive was fou

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