Bangladesh’s interim chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Saturday (20th December) said that seven suspects had been arrested over the lynching of a young Hindu in the district of Mymensingh. The lynching victim has been identified as one Dipu Chandra Das, a 27-year-old Sanatan Hindu.
On his social media account X, Yunus wrote that the arrests were conducted by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) as part of a coordinated operation in the region. “RAB has arrested seven individuals as suspects in the beating murder of Dipu Chandra Das in Baluka, Mymensingh,” he said.
Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, tweets, "… In the incident of beating to death Sanatan Dharma adherent youth Dipu Chandra Das (27) in Valuka, Mymensingh, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested seven individuals as suspects. The… pic.twitter.com/gu3bUJGSmz
— ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2025
The accused have been named as Md Limon Sarkar (19), Md Tarek Hossain (19), Md Manik Mia (20), Ershad Ali (39), Nijum Uddin (20), Alomgir Hossain (38), and Md Miraj Hossain Akon (46). According to the administration, RAB-14 teams carried out raids at multiple locations before detaining the suspects.
Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus posts, "7 Arrested in Mymensingh Hindu Youth Beating Murder Case. Mymensingh, 20 December 2025: In the incident of beating to death Sanatan Dharma adherent youth Dipu Chandra Das (27) in Valuka, Mymensingh, the Rapid… pic.twitter.com/8Nh4EYJxe6
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 20, 2025
Lynching amid wider unrest
The lynching took place during a period of heightened tension in Bangladesh following the death of anti-India and jihadi political activist Sharif Osman Hadi. Hadi, a key figure of last year’s so-called student-led July protests against the Hasina government and spokesperson of the Inqilab Mancha, died on Thursday (18th December) in a hospital in Singapore.
Hadi had been undergoing treatment after being shot in the head by masked gunmen in Dhaka on 12th December. His death triggered widespread anger and unrest across parts of the country, with protests and clashes reported from several areas.
On Friday (19th December), the interim government strongly condemned the murder of the Hindu youth and urged people to remain calm. The Yunus government had issued an appeal in which it said that “no place for such violence in the new Bangladesh” and assured that those responsible would not be spared.”
