Chaos has become the new normal in the neighbouring country of Bangladesh since August 2024 under the interim government led by Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus. His tenure as the chief advisor of the country contradicts his liberal image for which he is known in the West. The rise of radical Islamists and their growing influence in the country during this period underscore this contradiction. These radicals need an excuse to unleash their hate on media houses, journalists, cultural centres and religious minorities, particularly Hindus.

This was seen on the night of December 18 when the country witnessed a fresh wave of violence after the news of the death of political activist and spokesperson of Inquilab Mancha, Sharif Osman Hadi. He was shot by unknown men on December 12. He was an independent candidate from the Dhaka-8 constituency. Soon, a radical mob ransacked two prominent media houses — Daily Star and Prothom Alo, New Age’s editor Nurul Kabir, and cultural centre Chhayanaut, an institute devoted to promoting Bengali culture. If these weren’t enough, the violent radical mob lynched to death a Hindu garment factory worker Dipu Chandra Das and later his dead body was tied to a tree and set on fire. This barbaric incident, which showed the decline of morality in the Bangladeshi society, happened just on the basis of a rumour of alleged blasphemy by Das. According to Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), there is no evidence of blasphemy so far. There have been more attacks on minority Hindus, who have nothing to do with Osman Hadi’s killings.

Deliberate Ploy To Create More Chaos

The killing of Osman Hadi, an anti-Indian political activist, seems to be a deliberate ploy by a section with the blessings of the Yunus administration to create more........

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