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Killing of Dipu Chandra Das

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Killing of Dipu Chandra Das
LocationSquare Masterbari area, Bhaluka, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Date18 December 2025
Around 9:00 pm (BST (UTC+06:00))
Attack type
Mob violence, lynching
Deaths1
VictimDipu Chandra Das (aged 27)
PerpetratorsMob of 140–150 people (per police report)
MotiveAllegations of blasphemy

On 18 December 2025, a mob killed a Hindu man named Dipu Chandra Das. This happened in Bhaluka, Bangladesh. The mob beat him, hanged him from a tree, and set him on fire. The mob accused him of saying bad things about Islam at a factory event. This happened when there was a lot of violence in Bangladesh. It was after someone attacked a student leader named Sharif Osman Hadi.

Background

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This killing happened while there was a lot of violence in Bangladesh. Before this, someone attacked Sharif Osman Hadi. He was a critic of India and Awami League. He died on 18 December 2025 because someone shot him.[1] Hadi was important in the 2024 Bangladesh protests. These protests made Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leave power in August 2024.[1] After he died, there were violent protests all over the country. People attacked media offices, cultural places, and Indian government offices.[2]

Violence against minorities

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After Sheikh Hasina's government ended, there was more violence against the Hindu minority community in Bangladesh.[3] In 2022, there were about 13.1 million Hindus in Bangladesh. This is about 7.95% of all the people in the country.[4]

Dipu Chandra Das

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Dipu Chandra Das worked at a factory that made clothes. The factory was called Pioneer Knit Composite Factory. It was in the Square Masterbari area of Bhaluka Upazila.[5][6] He was 27 years old. He came from Mukamiakanda village in Tarakanda Upazila of Mymensingh District. He was married. He had a daughter who was three years old.[5] Dipu lived in a rented house in Bhaluka.[7]

The Killing

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On the evening of 18 December 2025, there was an event at the factory for World Arabic Language Day. Islamists accused Dipu of saying bad things about the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[8][9] This news went very fast to other people in the factory and the area. People got angry.[8] A mob came and said the factory must give Dipu to them.[10]

Around 9:00 pm, the mob attacked Dipu. They beat him.[5] Then they hanged him from a tree and set him on fire.[11][8] There were videos of this on the internet. The videos showed the mob attacking Dipu. The mob was shouting Islamic slogans.[12]

Investigation

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The police heard about what happened and went there. They stopped the violence.[6] They took Dipu's body. They sent it to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital to find out how he died.[5] At first, the police did not start an official case. They said someone needed to make a complaint first.[6] Later, Dipu's brother, Apu Chandra Das, went to the Bhaluka Police Station. He filed a case against 140 to 150 people. He did not know their names.[5] Dipu's family got his body back on 20 December 2025.[5]

On 20 December 2025, Muhammad Yunus said the police caught seven people.[13][14] The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) looked into the murder. They said there was no proof that Dipu insulted religion. They did not find anyone who heard him say bad words. The RAB officials in Mymensingh told this to BBC Bangla.[10][15] A RAB director said the factory manager forced Dipu to quit his job. Then the manager gave Dipu to the angry crowd. Police are trying to find out why the manager did this. They think maybe there was already anger, or the crowd forced him.[16][17]

By 22 December, the police caught 12 people. Two of them worked with Dipu. A court in Mymensingh said the police could keep them for three days to ask them questions.[18]

Responses

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In Bangladesh

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Government

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The government of Bangladesh said the killing was wrong.[19] They promised to punish the people who did it. The Education Adviser, C. R. Abrar, met Dipu's family. He said he was sorry and the government would help them.[20]

Other groups

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The Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council said the police must catch the killers quickly. They said this murder hurt the peace between different groups of people.[21][22] The Communist Party of Bangladesh called it a "barbaric crime". They were worried because hundreds of people watched and did nothing.[23] Leaders from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami[24] and Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh also said the killing was bad.[25][26]

However, many people in Bangladesh were happy about the killing. One man who wants to be in the government made a video. He said the killing brought "joy to the hearts of the people".[27]

International

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The government of India was very worried. They called it a "barbaric killing". They said there were many attacks on minorities. They asked the Bangladesh government to give justice.[28] Protesters in Chittagong tried to enter the Indian office there. So, India stopped giving visas there for a short time.[29][30]

Politicians in India spoke strongly against the violence. Pawan Kalyan said there was a cruel plan to target Hindus.[31] Priyanka Gandhi asked the Indian government to talk to Bangladesh about the safety of minorities. Shashi Tharoor said the killing was very tragic.[21] A leader from the BJP called it an attack on civilization.[32] Muslim leaders in India also said the killing was shameful and against Islam.[33] Amnesty International said the police must catch the violent people immediately.[34][35]

Several famous people protested the killing. The singer Tony Kakkar made a song about violence in the name of religion.[36][37] Actors like Janhvi Kapoor,[38][39] Idhika Paul,[40] Riddhi Sen, Mekhla Dasgupta,[41] and Vikram Chatterjee spoke against the killing on social media.[42]

Protests

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In Bangladesh

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Students at universities in Bangladesh protested. They wanted justice for Dipu Chandra Das. At the University of Dhaka, student leaders had rallies. They wanted the government leaders to resign because they did not stop the violence.[43][44][45] The Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal[46][47] and students of Jagannath Hall also protested.[48][49] Hindu students at Government Brojomohun College[50] and Islamic University, Bangladesh also protested.[51]

In India

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People protested in many cities in India. In New Delhi, the Bajrang Dal, a far-right Hindu extremist group, protested outside the Bangladesh High Commission.[52][29] There were reports that people threatened the High Commissioner. India said this was not true, but Bangladesh said it was.[53][54][55] People also marched near the Bangladesh office in Agartala.[56][57]

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References

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