Overview
- India suspended visa operations at its Chittagong centre and reinforced security at missions after protests reached Indian facilities in multiple Bangladeshi cities.
- New Delhi said 20–25 people briefly protested outside the Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi with no breach of security, calling contrary reports “misleading propaganda.”
- Bangladesh’s foreign affairs adviser Touhid Hossain disputed India’s version of the Delhi incident and said Dhaka could consider scaling back its presence in New Delhi.
- Authorities in Bangladesh reported at least 12 arrests in the lynching of Hindu worker Dipu Chandra Das, as India urged swift justice and raised concerns over minority safety.
- Unrest sparked by the assassination of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi continued, with NCP organiser Motaleb Shikder shot in Khulna and earlier attacks targeting major newspapers and a leading cultural centre in Dhaka.