{"id":2212508,"date":"2025-12-26T05:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T05:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2212508"},"modified":"2025-12-26T05:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T05:59:09","slug":"silence-wont-save-you-celebrities-condemn-lynching-of-dipu-chandra-das-in-bangladesh-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/silence-wont-save-you-celebrities-condemn-lynching-of-dipu-chandra-das-in-bangladesh-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Silence Won&#8217;t Save You&#8217;: Celebrities Condemn Lynching Of Dipu Chandra Das In Bangladesh | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">Leading South Indian actress Kajal Aggarwal shared an \u201cAll eyes on Bangladesh Hindus&#8221; poster on her Instagram story to condemn the incident, highlighting how rising Islamist extremism in Bangladesh has threatened the safety of minorities.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">The poster depicted a man set on fire and hung from a tree, in a visual reference to Das\u2019s lynching, with a message saying, \u201cWake up Hindus, silence won\u2019t save you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\"><strong>\u2018Is This New Bangladesh?\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">Actress and former MP Jaya Prada said that the brutal incident made her \u201cheart bleed&#8221;. She called the mob lynching an attack on the Hindu religion and questioned the silence of the authorities on it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">\u201cToday I am very unhappy, my heart is bleeding, thinking how such kind of brutality can be done to a person, in Bangladesh, an innocent Hindu person Dipu Charan Das was lynched by a mob, they not only killed him, but set himself on fire after tying to a tree, is this the new Bangladesh?&#8221; she said in an emotional video address.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">\u201cIt is not normal violence, it is a mob lynching, it is an attack on the Hindu religion, our temples are being demolished, the women are being attacked, how long we will be silent? We are silent on the name of secularism, we should raise our voices, we should help the people there\u2026 We should together try to seek justice for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\">Actor Manoj Joshi, best known for his comedic roles, told news agency ANI, \u201cEveryone comes forward when something happens in Gaza or Palestine, but when a Hindu is killed in Bangladesh, it is very sad that nobody comes forward. Time will give its answer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\"><strong>\u2018Barbaric, Inhumane Lynching\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\">Singer Tony Kakkar released a new song, \u2018Chaar Log\u2019, in which he referenced Das\u2019 lynching and called for rejecting discrimination based on religious grounds<\/p>\n<p id=\"11\" class=\"story_para_11\">His lyrics said, \u201cDipu Chandra Das ki koi baat kare, zimmedar logon se sawalat kare. Aise dharm ke naam pe maar kaat sahi hai kya. Hindu Muslim na koi jaat paat kare. Uparwala bhi dekh raha hai ro raha hai. Uski duniya mein kya kya ho raha hai\u2026 Uski jaan chali gayi koi to baat kare. (Let\u2019s talk about Dipu Chandra Das and ask questions to those responsible. Is it right to kill on religious lines? There should be no Hindu-Muslim or caste-based discrimination. God is in tears after seeing what\u2019s happening in his world\u2026 He (Das) lost his life and people should talk about it).&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"12\" class=\"story_para_12\">Earlier, Jahnvi Kapoor condemned the mob lynching of Das in Mymensingh, calling it \u201cbarbaric and inhumane&#8221;. In a strongly worded note, she said, \u201cIf you don\u2019t know about his inhumane public lynching, read about it, see the videos, ask the questions. And if despite all of this you feel no rage, then it is exactly this kind of hypocrisy that will destroy us before we know it. We will continue to cry about things half way across the globe while our own brothers and sisters are burnt to death.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"13\" class=\"story_para_13\">\u201cExtremism in any and every form needs to be called out and condemned before we forget our humanity. We are pawns that believe we reside on either side of an invisible line. Recognise this and equip yourself with knowledge so u can take a stand for the innocent lives that are continuously lost and terrorised in this communal cross fire,&#8221; the actress added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.news18.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading South Indian actress Kajal Aggarwal shared an \u201cAll eyes on Bangladesh Hindus&#8221; poster on her Instagram story to condemn the incident, highlighting how rising Islamist extremism in Bangladesh has threatened the safety of minorities. 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