Dhaka : Just a timely call from the factory management to the police could have saved the life of Bangladeshi Hindu man Dipu Chandra Das, who was lynched and killed on Thursday (December 16) following vague allegations of blasphemy. But instead of calling the police and saving him, Das was forced to resign by his factory supervisors, pushed out of his workplace, and handed over to an enraged mob of Islamists that beat him to death.
Shocking details have emerged in the lynching of 27-year-old Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu garment factory worker in Bhaluka, Mymensingh, who was killed following vague allegations of blasphemy. According to Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police officials, Dipu was forced to resign by factory supervisors and then handed over to the mob, which brutally assaulted him, set his body on fire, and left it hanging from a tree along the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway. Authorities said that no clear evidence had been found to substantiate the blasphemy allegations. A total of 12 people have been arrested so far, including factory officials and workers, after CCTV footage and videos of the incident were reviewed.
Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on X suggested that the police might have been involved in Das’s lynching and questioned who will bring the perpetrators of the murder to justice. The lynching occurred hours before widespread riots, protests, and violence by Islamists erupted in Bangladesh on Thursday, immediately after news of the anti-India radical leader Sharif Osman Hadi broke the same night. However, the mayhem that erupted across Bangladesh on Thursday night and continued on Friday, was the culmination of a series of anti-India remarks by multiple leaders, operating with impunity under the Islamist-backed Muhammad Yunus regime.
Those arrested by the RAB include Mohammad Alamgir Hossain, the factory’s floor in-charge, Mohammad Miraj Hossain Akon, the quality in-charge, and five factory workers. Three more individuals were arrested separately by the police. As it was the time for shift change, workers for another shift also gathered in front of the factory and local people joined as the news spread outside, reported The Daily Star. The report and the arrests make it evident that Das’s colleagues from the factory were part of the mob that lynched him, hung his body and set fire to it.
He further added, “We are investigating whether there was any prior enmity. It has not yet been possible to identify with whom the incident initially began”. Rab officials confirmed arrests were made after reviewing video evidence and said further details would emerge following remand interrogation. Dhaka-based newspaper The Daily Star reported that the incident coincided with the time for a shift change, when workers from the incoming shift gathered outside the factory, and local residents also assembled as news of the incident spread.
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