The man who was killed - Dipu Chandra Das, 27 - a member of Bangladesh's Hindu minority, was accused of blasphemy and beaten to death by a mob last week in Mymensingh, in northern Bangladesh. Many in Bangladesh suspect Islamist radicals to be part of the mob that vandalised and set fire to the buildings of two Bangladesh dailies - The Daily Star and Prothom Alo - and a cultural institution last week, accusing them of being pro-India. "A large section of the Indian media is also playing up events in Bangladesh and portraying that the country is descending into communal chaos," says Mr Swain, a professor of peace and conflict research at Uppsala University in Sweden.
Published at: 2025-12-23 23:34:35
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