The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council has strongly condemned the brutal murder of a young Hindu man named Dipu Chandra Das in Bhaluka, Mymensingh, in Bangladesh.
In a statement, the council said, “Yesterday (18 December) around 9:00 pm in Bhaluka, Mymensingh, a group of miscreants brutally beat to death a garment worker named Dipu Chandra Das on allegations of so-called blasphemy. They then hung his body from a tree and set it on fire, provoking actions that undermine communal harmony.”
“The Council has strongly condemned and protested this heinous incident and has demanded the immediate arrest of those responsible and the assurance of exemplary punishment,” it added.
Condemning the incident, the Bangladesh interim government said, “We strongly condemn the lynching of a Hindu man in Mymensingh. There is no place for such violence in the new Bangladesh. The perpetrators of this heinous crime will not be spared.”
The interim government said it “strongly and unequivocally” condemns all forms of violence, intimidation, arson and destruction of property, warning that such actions threaten to derail the country’s democratic process.
“We strongly and unequivocally condemn all acts of violence, intimidation, arson, and destruction of properties,” the interim government said in a statement on Friday.
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“The news of the brutal murder by a mob of the Hindu youth Deepu Chandra Das in Bangladesh is extremely disturbing. In any civilised society, discrimination, violence, and murder on the basis of religion, caste, identity, etc., are crimes against humanity,” Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi wrote on X.
“The Government of India should take cognisance of the rising violence against Hindu, Christian, and Buddhist minorities in the neighbouring country and firmly raise the issue of their safety with the Government of Bangladesh,” the Wayanad MP wrote.
