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Bangladesh interim govt chief Muhammad Yunus says seven suspects arrested for killing of Hindu youth in Mymensingh
- On Thursday, a Hindu man named Dipu Chandra Das was beaten to death by a mob in Bhaluka, Mymensingh, and his body was left on the Dhaka–Mymensingh highway and set on fire.
- On Saturday, the interim government led by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said the Rapid Action Battalion arrested seven suspects after the attack over alleged blasphemy.
- RAB-14 said it carried out operations at multiple sites and recovered the body for autopsy, with arrested suspects ranging in age from 19 to 46.
- The interim government condemned the lynching, saying `there is no space for such violence in the new Bangladesh` and `perpetrators of this heinous crime will not be spared`, while the United Nations urged restraint and peace as unrest continued in Dhaka.
- Amid anti-India protests, the lynching heightened fears for the Hindu minority in Bangladesh as arson, vandalism and looting spread; the UN urged a speedy investigation ahead of elections in two months.
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Bangladesh: Seven arrested over lynching of Hindu youth in Mymensingh - The Tribune
The arrested suspects are Md. Limon Sarkar (19), Md. Tarek Hossain (19), Md. Manik Mia (20), Ershad Ali (39), Nijum Uddin (20), Alamgir Hossain (38), and Md. Miraj Hossain Akon (46).
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