Bangladesh’s fire reaches India: Why is the country boiling over the murder of a Hindu? Anger on the streets, tension at embassies
The anger over the attacks and violence on Hindus in Bangladesh has now come out on the streets of India. Thousands of people took to the streets in many big cities of the country on Tuesday and protested fiercely. This anger flared up when a Hindu youth named Dipu Chandra Das was beaten to death by a mob in Mymensingh area of Bangladesh and then his body was set on fire. This incident has not only raised serious questions on the safety of minorities living in Bangladesh, but has also created tension in the relations between India and Bangladesh. The situation has become so bad that even the work of granting visas had to be stopped after the protests at the embassies. After all, what happened to Dipu Chandra Das? This whole matter started on 18th December, when Dipu Chandra Das was falsely accused of blasphemy in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. After this, an uncontrollable mob surrounded him and beat him to death. The brutality did not stop here, after this his body was also set on fire. After this heart-wrenching incident, people’s anger erupted in India. Tension increased between the two countries, visa services stopped. The matter is no longer limited to the streets only, but has reached the corridors of diplomacy. India called the High Commissioner of Bangladesh (the biggest ambassador) and expressed its deep displeasure and concern over the safety of Hindus. Earlier, Bangladesh had also summoned the Indian Ambassador regarding the security of its embassies. In view of this, Bangladesh has temporarily stopped visa and other paperwork from its embassies in New Delhi and Agartala. Photos of demonstrations in different cities of the country. Kolkata: Police had to lathi charge the people of Hindu organizations protesting near the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh here. The protesters wanted to submit a memorandum peacefully, but the situation worsened as the crowd increased. Delhi and Mumbai: In both the cities, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) workers protested outside the Bangladeshi Embassy. When the protesters tried to break the barricades in Delhi, the police took them away in buses. Hyderabad: Here VHP and other Hindu organizations also raised the issue of Bangladeshi infiltrators during the protest. The protesters warned that if concrete steps are not taken for the safety of Hindus, this movement will intensify further. Anger erupted against the government, effigies were burnt. At many places the protesters expressed their anger by burning the effigies of the interim government of Bangladesh and its chief advisor Muhammad Yunus. There is a huge resentment among the people that the government of Bangladesh has failed to provide security to the minorities there.
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