New Delhi: A massive protest by Hindu groups erupted outside the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi over the lynching of Hindu worker Dipu Chandra Das and atrocities on minorities in the neighbouring country. Vishwa Hindu Parishad members even broke barricades during the protest. A heavy police deployment has been made outside the High Commission to control the situation.
he protesters also clashed with police and broke barricades outside the Bangladesh High Commission as they attempted to march towards the building. They demanded accountability from Bangladeshi authorities and called for justice and protection of minorities.
The protesters were stopped by multi-layered security cordons comprising police and paramilitary staff, reported ANI. Apart from the VHP, Sarbo Bharatiya Hindi Bangali Sangathan and Bajrang Dal also participated in the protest near the Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus Metro Station.
Protesters were chanting “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”, “Yunus Sarkar hosh mein aao”, “Bangladesh murdabad” and “Hindu hatya band karo”. One protester cried out that Hindus are in danger and that this country is Lord Ram’s, reported the news agency.
Meanwhile, amid heightened tension with Bangladesh over rising anti-India sentiments, the neighbouring country has suspended consular and visa services in New Delhi and Agartala. The Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Pranay Verma, was summoned by Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs over the protests.
Bangladesh also expressed deep concern over attacks on its diplomatic missions in India.
Das was lynched by a mob in Bangladesh's Mymensingh over blasphemy accusations by a Muslim coworker at his factory. The mob on the night of December 18 killed Das and then hung his body from a tree and set it on fire over allegations of insulting Islam.
However, Company Commander of RAB-14 in Mymensingh, Mohammad Samsuzzaman, told leading Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star that "no evidence was found indicating that the deceased had written anything on Facebook that might have hurt religious sentiments".
