‘Why Should We Leave?’: Family Of Hindu Man Lynched In Bangladesh Seeks Justice, Safety | World News
Last Updated:January 01, 2026, 19:37 IST The garment worker’s family and supporters call his death a case of systematic targeting of Hindus as concerns rise over the increasing significance of Jamaat Dipu Das’s widow Megha (in pic) says she spoke to her husband from his clothing factory at 4pm the day he was murdered. (News18) In Bangladesh, Dipu Chandra Das’s small hut is filled with two cries—one of his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter who is hassled by the crowd of unknown people and second of his 25-year-old widow, Megha, who now faces an uncertain future. Das, a young garment worker in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh district, was brutally lynched by a mob on December 18. The frenzied crowd accused the 27-year-old of making derogatory remarks about Islam and Prophet Muhammad during a factory event and then brutally lynched him before hanging his body from a tree and setting it ablaze. As the incident led to an uproar across the globe, the Bangladesh government sent emissaries to Das’s family to promise them that their future is safe. However, …
