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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…
HUBBALI: A BJP worker in Hubballi has alleged that she was assaulted by Keshwapur police under the Hubballi-Dharwad police commissionerate on Wednesday, in connection with a complaint filed by Congress corporator Suvarna Kallakuntla.The worker said police assaulted her and that her clothes were stripped off during the incident.“We had been with officials who were conducting…
KOLKATA: Six police personnel were injured after a mob attacked them while they were arresting a Trinamool Congress (TMC) activist in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali area of North 24 Parganas district police said on Saturday.The injured policemen, including an officer, were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment and later discharged.A team from Nazat police station…
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…
Pictured shared by Digvijaya Singh NEW DELHI: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday created a stir by praising the organisational strength of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh — a group the Congress has long opposed ideologically. Sharing a black-and-white photograph from a social media platform that showed Narendra Modi seated on the ground while BJP veteran…
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…
Four peddlers, one consumer arrested in Telangana drug bust HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Narcotics Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) arrested four people, including three alleged drug peddlers, for their involvement in a drug network.H-NEW officials said the accused — Ummidi Immanuel, an event manager from Kondapur; Sushmitha Devi, a software professional at a prominent firm; and G Sai…
A Hindu garment factory worker in Bangladesh was brutally lynched by a mob of around 140 people, allegedly for a blasphemous social media post. DEHRADUN: Late on Dec 18, when a co-worker called Apu Chandra Das to say that his elder brother had been taken by a mob, the 22-year-old didn’t immediately understand. “Taken where?”…
DEHRADUN: Late in the evening on Dec 18, when a co-worker called Apu Chandra Das to say that his elder brother had been taken by a mob, the 22-year-old didn’t immediately understand. “Taken where?” he had asked. But by the time the full story reached him, Dipu Chandra Das — 28 years old, a Hindu…
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…
