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Burnt alive in Blasphemy row, family votes for justice As Bangladesh moves towards the formation of a new democratically-elected govt led by the BNP, the family of 28-year-old Dipu Chandra Das – who wasburnt alive on Dec 18 last year – said they exercised their right to vote in the hope of securing justice.Dipu, a…
DHAKA: Bangladesh police have arrested the main accused – an imam of a mosque – in the Dec 18 lynching of Hindu garment factory worker Dipu Chandra Das on blasphemy allegations in Mymensingh, reports Ahsan Tasnim. Yasin Arafat (25), who was arrested from Sarulia under Dhaka’s Demra police station area, had “supervised the attack on…
Bangladesh police on Wednesday arrested former madrasa teacher Yasin Arafat, the prime accused in the killing of Hindu worker Dipu Chandra Das, according to local media reports.Yasin was arrested in Sarulia, within the Demra police station jurisdiction, with support from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police.According to local media, Yasin, 25, son of Gazi Mia and a…
A students’ group in Bangladesh protests against the killing of Dipu Das LONDON: The UK govt has for the first time condemned the two recent murders by mobs of Hindus in Bangladesh.Whitehall sources told TOI that the UK govt “condemns the murders of Dipu Chandra Das and Amrit Mondal. We extend our condolences to their…
Unrest in Bangladesh’s Dhaka The US state department on Sunday denounced the recent communal violence in Bangladesh as “horrific,” condemning the mob killing of Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu garment worker, and urging an unequivocal stand against religious hatred.Responding to IANS, a state department spokesperson said, “The United States supports religious freedom and freedoms of…
Right-wing activist Laura Loomer has reacted to the killing of Dipu Chandra Das, a 26-year-old Hindu factory worker in Bangladesh. She used the incident to warn about the spread of the Islamist hatred. Her comments followed after Das was lynched by a mob following unverified accusations of blasphemy linked to a workplace dispute.In a post…
Bangladesh unrest (File photo) Bangladesh reported another lynching of a man named Amrit Mondal, only days after the killing of worker Dipu Chandra Das that sparked widespread criticism over the lack of safety to the minority community in the South Asian nation.According to locals, Samrat had formed a criminal gang and had long been involved…
The lynching of Dipu Das in Bangladesh has ignited protests across Bengal, with Hindu organizations condemning the “barbarism” against minorities KOLKATA/SILIGURI: The lynching of Dipu Das, a worker in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, sparked protests across Bengal even as Hindu organisations in Bangladesh on Sunday called it “barbarism being meted out to minorities”.A team from Bangladesh Sammilita…
Bangladesh police have given a stark account of how a Hindu garment worker was killed by a mob in Mymensingh, admitting that a furious crowd and a massive traffic jam prevented officers from reaching the spot on time, and suggesting that a delayed call for help may have cost him his life.Also read: ‘Hostility towards…
Bangladesh interim government chief Mohammad Yunus on Saturday said that the authorities have arrested seven people after a Hindu youth was beaten to death by a mob and his body set on fire in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district on Thursday night following allegations of blasphemy.In a social media post on X, Yunus said that the Rapid…
