Assam man arrested for social media support of Bangladesh lynching.
On December 23, 2025, Assam Police arrested Mohammad Shaif Akhtar Ali from Rangia in Kamrup district for posting videos on Facebook and Instagram endorsing the lynching of 25-year-old Hindu factory worker Dipu Chandra Das in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh on December 18 over unproven blasphemy claims. The action followed an FIR at Rangia station based on complaints from Rashtriya Bajrang Dal and International Hindu Parishad, amid two other arrests in Sribhumi and Gauripur for similar provocative content. Widespread protests erupted across Assam, Delhi, and Kolkata, with VHP and Bajrang Dal clashing with security near Bangladesh missions, burning effigies of interim head Muhammad Yunus. From India’s strategic lens, this highlights escalating anti-Hindu violence in post-Hasina Bangladesh, straining border security, fueling minority exodus fears, and demanding robust diplomatic pressure to safeguard 1.5 crore Hindus there.
