Bangladesh Police has arrested Yasin Arafat, the main accused who instigated the fundamentalist mob which brutally murdered Hindu minority citizen Dipu Chandra Das on charges of blasphemy in Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. According to officials, former teacher Yasin Arafat played an important role in the planning and execution of this terrible attack. After which Bangladesh is facing global criticism for this incident amid continuous atrocities on minorities in the country.

In fact, last month, on 18 December 2025, 27-year-old Hindu minority Dipu Chandra Das, working in a textile factory in Mymensingh district of Bangladesh, was forcibly fired from his job by the factory supervisor and handed over to the fundamentalist mob. After which the radical fundamentalist mob beats Dipu Chandra Das badly and kills him. Then she hangs his dead body from a tree and sets it on fire. At the same time, one of his colleagues is also allegedly involved in killing Deepu.

Main accused Arafat was absconding after Deepu’s murder

Bangladesh Police said that after the murder of Dipu Chandra Das, the main accused Yasin Arafat had fled from the area and was hiding, who was arrested by the police on Thursday (January 8, 2026).

According to officials, it was Yasin who hatched the entire conspiracy behind this horrific attack and instigated the mob to target Hindu minority youth Dipu Chandra Das. Thanks to leadership in a local community, he reportedly quickly gathered a large group, which escalated into a deadly attack.

Yasin himself had dragged Deepu to the intersection – Police

Bangladeshi police said that Arafat not only incited the mob to carry out the attack, but he himself dragged Dipu to an intersection, where he was hanged from a tree and then set on fire.

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