Members of the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) gathered outside the Jagannath Temple in Puri on Friday to protest the escalating violence against the Hindu community in Bangladesh.
The protesters asked for justice in connection with the brutal lynching of Dipu Chandra Das and Amrit Mondal, who recently fell victim to the unrest taking place in the neighbouring country.
One such case, which has been extremely traumatic, is that of Dipu Chandra Das, a worker at a garment factory, who was beaten to death by a mob on December 18 on charges of blasphemy, which have been found to be false. Although seven people have been arrested for Das's death, it has caused the minority communities in the country to feel extremely insecure. To make the situation worse, another Hindu, named Amrit Mondal, also known by the nickname Samrat, was beaten to death by a mob at a marketplace in the Rajbari district on Wednesday night.
Such events have created a wave of protests in India as activists protest outside the missions in a bid to secure the safety of Hindus in the neighbouring country. This is not only a reaction in the region; on the contrary, the need for accountability and the safety of religious minorities in the wake of the high instability in the country is being advocated for by lawmakers and human rights bodies internationally in Bangladesh.
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