Violence against Hindus broke out in Bangladesh after the death of anti-India leader Sharif Usman Hadi. An Islamic mob beat 27-year-old Dipu Chandra Das to death and burnt his body on charges of blasphemy. The incident exposed fundamentalist violence and insecurity of Hindus.
Bangladesh Violence Latest Updates: Violence against Hindus broke out in Bangladesh after the death of anti-India fundamentalist leader Sharif Usman Hadi. During this time, a violent mob of Islamists beat 27 year old Dipu Chandra Das to death, accusing him of blasphemy. Later his body was stripped naked, tied to a tree and burnt. Later the violent mob was seen celebrating this barbarity. Let us tell you that Dipu Chandra Das used to work in a garment factory in Mymensingh.
News of son’s murder came to light through Facebook
Ravilal Das, father of the victim Dipu Chandra Das, while narrating the entire incident, said, “No one from the government side gave any assurance or told anything. He first came to know about his son’s murder from Facebook. He told that I came to know some things from Facebook. Later, news was received from some other places that he was badly beaten by the Islamic mob.
tied up my son’s burnt head and torso outside
According to Ravilal Das, after half an hour my uncle came and told me that they took my son and tied him to a tree. Then they poured kerosene on it and set it on fire. His burnt corpse was left outside. They tied the burnt torso and head outside. It was a very horrifying and hair-raising scene. Let us tell you that 7 people have been arrested in this incident.
Hadi’s death provided an opportunity to attack Hindus
The lynching of Dipu Das has drawn attention to the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh. Hadi’s death, just months before general elections, is an opportunity for Islamic radicals to create an uproar. Especially against those who do not match their ideology.
What did Awami League say on the barbaric lynching of Dipu?
On the barbaric lynching of Dipu Chandra Das in Bangladesh, Mohammad Ali Arafat, former MP and Information Minister in Sheikh Hasina government, said that radical Islamic forces are setting Bangladesh on fire under the guise of protests over Hadi’s death. Hadi’s supporters staged a sit-in in Shahbag on Friday 19 December, demanding justice for his murder. Later this crowd turned into a Jihadi and radical Islamic gathering. Extremist leaders of Tauhidi people like Jashimuddin Rahmani and Ataur Rahman were present in this crowd. All of them gave inflammatory speeches.
Who is Jashimuddin Rahmani?
Jashimuddin Rahmani is a jihadist and head of the al-Qaeda-linked Ansarullah Bangla Team. She was detained under Bangladesh’s anti-terrorism law on charges of supporting the killings of atheist bloggers killed between 2013 and 2016 during the Awami League government. However, the current Yunus government released him and publicly supported the killings committed by him.