Overview
- More than 500 protesters, largely UK-based Bangladeshi and Indian-origin Hindus, demonstrated peacefully outside the Bangladesh High Commission on Dec. 27.
- Organisers demanded justice for factory worker Dipu Chandra Das, whose blasphemy accusation was later declared unfounded by Bangladeshi authorities.
- The event, organised by Bengali Hindu Adarsha Saangha (UK), highlighted concerns over minority safety and the detention of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das.
- About 10 Khalistani supporters arrived with flags and slogans, prompting police to keep the groups apart, according to the Times of India.
- News18 reported unnamed sources alleging an ISI-linked effort to distract from minority-rights concerns, while India’s foreign ministry publicly condemned the recent lynchings.