Bangladesh Protest News Live Updates: Another Hindu man has been beaten to death in Bangladesh, days after Dipu Chandra Das was lynched and his body was set ablaze, local media reported on Thursday. Reports said 29-year-old Amrit Mondal, alias Samrat, was killed in Rajbari’s Pangsha sub-district – some three-and-a-half hours from the capital, Dhaka – around 11 pm on Wednesday night. Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus-led interim government claimed the incident was not related to communal violence.
In a statement, the government said it has taken note of the spread of what it termed “misleading information” on social media and by certain news outlets regarding the tragic killing. “According to police information and preliminary investigations, it is clearly evident that the incident is in no way related to communal violence. Rather, it arose from a violent situation stemming from extortion and criminal activities. The deceased, Amrit Mondal alias Samrat, was a listed top criminal who had entered the area with the intent of collecting extortion money. At one stage, he lost his life during a clash with agitated local residents,” the statement said.