Overview
- MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal called the hostility toward minorities in Bangladesh a matter of grave concern and said the killings cannot be brushed aside as media exaggeration or political violence.
- India said independent sources have documented over 2,900 incidents targeting minorities during the interim government’s tenure and urged that those responsible for the Mymensingh lynching be brought to justice.
- Bangladesh police arrested six more suspects in the killing of Dipu Chandra Das, bringing the total detained to 18, as investigators reported no evidence he posted blasphemous content.
- A second Hindu man, Amrit Mondal, was beaten to death in Rajbari’s Pangsha upazila this week; authorities characterized the incident as extortion-related and not communal, while the interim government condemned the violence.
- Protests and condemnations gathered pace, including a demonstration by the National Hindu Mahajot in Dhaka and public outcry in India, as New Delhi said it is closely monitoring developments.