Amid the unrest in Bangladesh, New Delhi has urged the interim govt in Dhaka to bring to justice the perpetrators of the “barbaric killing” of Dipu, leading Bangladesh to protest.
Reportedly, Bangladesh's foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain said, “The incident should not be conflated with the security of minorities,”  he added, “He was a Bangladeshi citizen who was killed, and Bangladesh took immediate action. Several arrests have already been made.” Moreover, the assistant Indian high Commissioner’s residence in Chittagong was pelted with stones by a mob on Thursday, the day radical activist Osman Hadi died days after being shot in head by masked gunmen.
Thursday also saw massive “anti-India” protests outside the assistant Indian high commissions in Khulna and Rajshahi, and on Wednesday, around the high commission in Dhaka.
In an apparent attempt to suggest that the Bangladesh high commission in New Delhi faced a security threat of similar severity, media reports Bangladesh said a demonstration by “Hindu extremists” outside the facility over Dipu’s death in Mymensingh threatened its security, drawing a sharp rejoinder from the MEA. New Delhi trashed such claims as “misleading propaganda”. There was “no attempt to breach the fence or create a security situation at any time,” the MEA said, adding police dispersed the group after a few minutes and visual evidence of these events is publicly available. “We have noted misleading propaganda in sections of the Bangladesh media on the incident,” Jaiswal said.
The MEA said about 2025 youths had gathered outside the Bangladesh high commission on Saturday and raised slogans in protest against the “horrendous killing” of Dipu. “India continues to keep a close watch on the evolving situation in Bangladesh. Our officials remain in touch with Bangladesh authorities and have conveyed to them our strong concerns at the attacks on minorities,” Jaiswal said. Pictures of the two protests pointed out the contrast as angry protesters came in close proximity to the Indian facility in Chittagong, while a much smaller crowd stood in protest at a safe distance from the Bangladesh high commission.
Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen had on Saturday introduced another dimension to the horrific killing of Dipu, claiming on X that police had initially rescued him from the mob and asked if police with sympathies for extremists handed him back to the violent crowd determined to kill or they were overpowered. “They held a fullblown celebration — beating Dipu, hanging him, burning him — a jihadist festival,” she said.
Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain said in Dhaka claimed that such incidents occur across the region and that every country has a responsibility to respond appropriately. He claimed that the protests in New Delhi left the “Bangladesh high commissioner and his family feeling threatened”. On Sunday, two more persons were held in the Mymensingh lynching case, taking the total arrests to 12. Internal situation has deteriorated in Bangladesh after the death of Hadi, a prominent face in 2024 anti-govt protests that led to then PM Sheikh Hasina abdicating and fleeing to India. Osman Hadi is known for his anti-India utterances, he was a leader of radical group Inquilab Mancho and had shared a map of greater Bangladesh that showed India’s north east as part of his country.

Source: TOI