Hours after India rejected what it called “misleading propaganda” about an alleged security breach at the Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi, Bangladesh issued a statement calling the incident “very regrettable”.
In a statement, Bangladesh’s Ministry of External Affairs said, “The unjustifiable incident at the Bangladesh High Commissioner’s residence in New Delhi on 20 December 2025 is highly regrettable and cannot be accepted as ‘misleading propaganda’.”
“The non-thieves were able to carry out their activities directly outside the High Commission perimeters, which caused panic among the personnel inside the complex,” the statement said, adding that the High Commission was not informed of the “organized action” in advance.
The “incident” in question took place outside the Bangladesh High Commission in the Indian national capital on December 20, when 20-25 youths gathered outside the building and raised slogans against the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das in Mymensingh.
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As reports of an attempted security breach at the High Commissioner spread in Bangladesh, India on Sunday dismissed the reports as “misleading propaganda by sections of the Bangladeshi media”.
“At no point was there any attempt to breach the fence or create a security situation,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
“Police stationed at the spot dispersed the group after a few minutes. Visual evidence of these incidents is publicly available for all to see,” Jaiswal further said, adding that India is committed to ensuring the security of all foreign missions in its territory in accordance with the provisions of the Vienna Convention.
Flashpoint for violence against minorities
The communication between the MEA and Bangladesh’s Ministry of External Affairs comes against the backdrop of growing concerns over violence against minorities in Bangladesh.
Over the past few years, India has highlighted incidents of violence against minorities in Bangladesh, and despite assurances from Dhaka, the violence continues.
The latest incident occurred on Thursday evening when a young Hindu named Dipu Chandra Das was lynched in Mymensingh, located about 120 km from the capital Dhaka.
BBC Bangla reported that a 25-year-old garment factory worker was beaten to death by an angry mob who accused him of blasphemy.
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After killing Dip, a mob set his lifeless body on fire, videos of which went viral on social media and drew widespread condemnation.
The MEA also condemned the killings in strong terms, describing them as “horrific” and “barbaric” and called on the Muhammad Yunus-led government to bring the perpetrators to justice. The MEA also said it had raised “grave concerns” with the Bangladesh government about repeated attacks on minorities.
The lynching of Dipu Chandra Das comes amid violent protests in Bangladesh sparked by the death of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, who recently succumbed to his injuries in Singapore after being shot by bike-borne assailants during an election campaign in Bangladesh.
Shortly after Osman Hadi’s death, his party Inqilab Moncho posted on Facebook that the leader had been martyred in the so-called “struggle against Indian hegemony”.
