A Hindu man identified as Dipu Chandra Das has been lynched by a mob over alleged blasphemy in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district on Thursday night ahead of the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, the BBC Bangla reported.
Das was a young garment factory worker and was a tenant in the Dubalia Para area of Bhaluka Upazila. As per the reports, a local group accused him of making derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Following this, he was attacked at around 9 pm.
The police recovered Das’ lifeless body and further sent it to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital for a postmortem examination.
The details of the incidents as reported by the officials claim that the mob beat Dipu Chandra Das to death, then tied his body to a tree and set it ablaze.
Meanwhile, the Muhammad Yunus–led interim government condemned the lynching of a Hindu man, asserting that there is no place for communal hatred or mob violence in what it described as a “New Bangladesh.”
“No one involved in the brutal killing would be spared,” and he assured strict action against those responsible. It also urged citizens to “remain vigilant against violence instigated by what it called isolated terrorist groups seeking to destabilize the country,” the government said in a statement.
“This is how a Hindu, Dipu Chandra Das, was lynched, hanged, and burnt in Bangladesh last night. This is not just about Dipu Chandra Das in Bangladesh; it is also about Hargobindo Das and Chandan Das, who faced the same fate in West Bengal under Mamata. Whether in West Bengal under Mamata or in Bangladesh under Yunus, they were killed because they were Hindu.” The West Bengal unit of the BJP also condemned the killing and said.
