They used false blasphemy allegations to kill him’: Family mourns Dipu Chandra Das lynched in Bangladesh.

The brutal lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, a Dalit Hindu garment worker in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district, has exposed how false blasphemy allegations are being weaponised amid political unrest to settle personal scores and target religious minorities. Authorities have admitted there is no evidence of blasphemy, but the killers remain largely unaccountable.

The killing of 29-year-old Dipu Chandra Das was not the result of spontaneous outrage or religious offence, his family insists, but a carefully manufactured lie rooted in jealousy, job rivalry and the growing culture of mob justice in Bangladesh. Das, a Hindu garment factory worker and the sole breadwinner of his family, was lynched, his body hung from a tree and set on fire by a mob in Mymensingh’s Bhaluka area, after rumours falsely accused him of blasphemy.
According to eyewitness accounts and family members, Dipu Das was called into the human resources office of the factory where he worked, not to address any misconduct, but to be forced into resignation. Outsiders were allegedly present inside the factory premises, an indication that events had been orchestrated in advance.
Soon after, Das was escorted out of the factory gate and handed over to a waiting crowd. What followed was a public execution.
He was beaten with sticks and rods, dragged for nearly a kilometre, lynched, and finally his body was hung from a tree and set ablaze. Videos of the assault show members of the mob chanting religious slogans while bystanders recorded the killing on their mobile phones.
Dipu’s father, Bhakt Ravidas, told reporters that his son had secured his factory job through a transparent recruitment process involving a lottery system. A graduate with a BA degree, Dipu was reportedly performing well at work and was being considered for promotion.
That success, his family believes, made him a target.
“My son was lucky to get the job. Some people who failed to get employment kept threatening him,” his father said. “They told him many times that if he did not arrange jobs for them, they would kill him. Later, these same people spread rumours that he committed blasphemy.”