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U.S. says some Indian officials ignoring or supporting attacks on minorities

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens as Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain speaks during a reception celebrating Eid in Washington, D.C, U.S. May 26, 2022. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS

Some officials in India are ignoring or even supporting rising attacks on people and places of worship in the country, a U.S. official said late on Thursday, drawing an angry reaction from New Delhi which called the comments "ill-informed".

The remarks by Rashad Hussain, who leads the U.S. State Department's efforts to monitor religious freedom around the world, accompanied the department's annual report on global religious freedom.

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