Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, dEC 23:
Protests have erupted in India and Bangladesh against communalism in Bangladesh. Activists of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal descended on the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi.
The VHP and Bajrang Dal activists rushed to the barricades, which were placed outside the Bangladesh High Commission. Security has been beefed up outside the embassy. VHP and Bajrang Dal workers are protesting against the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh.
On December 18, 2025, Dipu Chandra Das, a 25-year-old garment factory worker, was lynched by a mob and his body set on fire over blasphemy in Baluka in Mymensingh. According to the Bangladesh Police, Das was first beaten up by a mob outside the factory and then hanged from a tree. The crowd left the body of the deceased by the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway and later set it ablaze.
The area outside the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi had been secured with three layers of barricading and more force from the police and paramilitary. A placard read: “Hindu rakt ki ek ek boond ka hisaab chahiye (Each drop of blood of a Hindu must be accounted for).”
Protests over the murder of a Hindu man, Dipu Chandra Das, in Bangladesh spilled into West Bengal’s Kolkata on Tuesday after policemen clashed with members of the Hindu Jagran Manch outside the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh, officials told news agency IANS.
Tensions flared during a demonstration outside the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh in the Beck Bagan area of Kolkata as police resorted to cane charge to disperse the protesters who broke barricades and tried to reach the Embassy office of Bangladesh. More than 20 protesters were injured and over a dozen were detained by the police.
The protest caused traffic congestion in the area. Later, the situation was brought under control.
Hundreds of protesters carrying saffron flags and shouting slogans against alleged violence on minority Hindus in Bangladesh tried to march to the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata but were stopped by police. The protest march titled ‘Hindu Hunkar Padayatra’ was organised under the banner of ‘Bongiyo Hindu Jagaran’. The march started from Sealdah and was proceeding towards the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission office, when it was stopped by police in the Beckbagan area.
A huge police force has been deployed near the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission office here. The protesters raised slogans “Hindu Hindu Bhai Bhai”, “safety for Hindus in Bangladesh” and the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh.
Tension escalated in the Beckbagan area when a section of the protesters tried to break the police barricades in an attempt to move closer to the Deputy High Commission office. Police pushed back the demonstrators and used mild lathi charge to disperse the crowd, officials said. The protesters demanded action
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against those responsible for the death of Das and security for Hindus in Bangladesh. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association protested the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh. The Association urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to either bring Hindus to India or ensure their protection there. The lawyers also demanded that illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya immigrants be evicted from Jammu.
“We condemn the repeated attacks and killings of Hindus in Bangladesh. We want the protection of Hindus. We want to send a message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah that the entire country stands with them to take stern steps to ensure that atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh are stopped,” said Nirmal K Kotwal, the bar’s president.
“There are two solutions — either bring Hindus to India or ensure their protection there. Our country is capable of doing it,” he said. Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena Dogra Front also held a protest in the Rani Park area of Jammu against alleged Hindu subjugation in Bangladesh. “We condemn the killings of Hindus in Bangladesh. They are killing Hindus there, while illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya settlers are being provided facilities in Jammu,” said Ashok Gupta, the outfit’s president.
Several Hindu right outfits under the banners of Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal demonstrated at Panja Chowk in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir against the lynching. An effigy of Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor of the interim government in Bangladesh, was set ablaze during the protest.
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma, was summoned to Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs amid concerns over the security of Bangladeshi missions in India. Bangladesh’s Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam summoned the Indian High Commissioner, the Prothomalo.com reported.
Diplomatic sources confirmed to news agency PTI the matter. According to the sources, Verma was summoned in light of the emerging security situation surrounding Bangladesh missions located in various parts of India, including New Delhi and Kolkata, the report added. Diplomatic sources said that Verma has been requested to ensure strengthened security for Bangladesh missions located in various parts of India.
This is the second time in the past 10 days that Verma has been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bangladesh’s envoy has been summoned at least six times over various incidents during the tenure of the interim government.
The Delhi Police have detained protesting members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other right-wing organisations, who continued to protest near the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi over the atrocities against Hindus and the mob lynching of Dipu Chandra Das in Bangladesh.
Protests have also erupted in Ahmedabad, Bhopal and parts of Telangana against the atrocities against Hindus and the mob lynching of Dipu Chandra Das in Bangladesh. Protests have also erupted in Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir.
In Hyderabad, at the LB Nagar circle, a group of protestors from a right-wing organisation burnt the effigy of Mohammad Yunus, the Chief Advisor of Bangladesh.
Former Indian diplomat Anil Trigunayat has described the current situation in Bangladesh as “extremely delicate and dangerous”. He stressed the urgent need to protect minorities and restore law and order.
Trigunayat said concerns about the safety of minorities and the overall security environment could not be ignored. He expressed hope that Bangladesh would see a return to democratic normalcy through transparent elections scheduled for February 12, 2026, leading to a smooth transition of power.
“The situation in Bangladesh, whether about minorities or the overall law-and-order environment, is extremely delicate and dangerous. There is general hope that normal, transparent elections will be held on February 12, 2026, and that a smooth transition of power will follow. We have recently seen how a Hindu individual was lynched, and the government’s own website lists the number of incidents against minorities. We want Bangladesh to stabilise. India stands with the people of Bangladesh. At the same time, minorities must be protected, ” he said.
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti has expressed concern over the alleged harassment of Hindu women in Bangladesh, saying the reports are “deeply disturbing”.
“Reports from Bangladesh alleging that Hindu women fear moving freely while wearing sindoor are deeply disturbing,” the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister said in a post on X. Mufti said the leadership of the country is, however, in a moral dilemma as “lumpen elements” in India are “forcibly pulling off the hijab of Muslim women”.
“Sadly, the Indian leadership appears to face a moral dilemma in raising this grave issue with Bangladeshi authorities, as lumpen elements at home are themselves seen forcibly pulling off the hijabs of Muslim women. In a world dominated by fanatics, who will truly stand up for the rights and dignity of women?” she added.
