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Bangladesh connected Sunday (December 21, 2025) “entirely” rejected India’s comments implicit “Hindu extremists” objection successful beforehand of its precocious committee successful New Delhi, questioning however the protesters were allowed to travel truthful adjacent to the installation successful a secured diplomatic enclave.
Interim government’s overseas affairs advisor M. Touhid Hossain's comments came hours aft India trashed arsenic “misleading propaganda” reports successful Bangladesh media that a objection extracurricular its ngo successful New Delhi against the sidesplitting of a Hindu antheral successful Mymensingh attempted to make a information situation.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said astir 20-25 youths gathered successful beforehand of the Bangladesh High Commission successful New Delhi connected Saturday, raised slogans protesting the “horrendous killing” of Dipu Chandra Das, 25, who was lynched to decease by a mob successful Mymensingh connected Thursday (December 18).
The protesters besides called for the extortion of each minorities successful Bangladesh, the MEA said.
“Regarding the Indian property note, we wholly cull it, wholly cull it. The contented has been presented arsenic if it were precise simple, whereas successful world it is not,” State-run quality bureau Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) quoted Mr. Hossain arsenic saying astatine the media briefing.
He questioned however a radical of 25 to 30 people, “described arsenic belonging to a Hindu extremist organisation, could scope specified a delicate zone,” adding nether mean circumstances this should not person been imaginable “unless they were allowed the access.”
Mr. Hossain besides called the MEA connection “oversimplified” saying “they (India) accidental it whitethorn person been 20–25 people, but that is not the point.”
He besides said the protesters besides did not simply rise slogans implicit the sidesplitting of a Bangladeshi Hindu national but made “other statements arsenic well,” and claimed that reports published successful Bangladeshi newspapers were mostly close and not misleading.
Asked if helium had immoderate factual impervious astir decease threats to the Bangladesh envoy successful Delhi arsenic speculated, the advisor said no.
Mr. Hossain said Bangladesh was “compelled” to respond openly pursuing the Indian property enactment but added that some sides stay successful interaction done diplomatic channels and convey their positions accordingly.
Dhaka inactive trusted India to instrumentality due information measures, but would see scaling backmost its beingness if the concern deteriorates, helium added.
