On 20 December, Chief Advisor to Bangladesh’s interim government, Muhammad Yunus, said that seven suspects believed to be involved in the death of a Hindu youth in Mymensingh had been arrested.
In a post on social media platform X (formerly X), Yunus wrote, “In the incident of beating to death of young Sanatan Dharma follower Dipu Chandra Das (27) in Valuka, Mymensingh, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested seven persons as suspects.
He identified the suspects as “Md Limon Sarkar (19), Md Tarek Hossain, Md Manik Mia (20), Ershad Ali (39), Nijum Uddin (20), Alomgir Hossain (38) and Md Miraj Hossain Akon (46). He added that RAB-14 “conducted operations at various locations and arrested the above suspects”.
According to a PTI report, 25-year-old Dipu Chandra Das was lynched to death and set on fire for alleged blasphemy in Mymensingh city. She added that in a December 19 statement, the interim government condemned the lynching and promised that “the perpetrators of this heinous crime will not be spared.”
(This is a breaking story, more updates to come…)
