Anti-Bangladesh Protests Erupt Across Indian Cities
Police struggled to keep the demonstrators at bay as they tried to climb over barricades and denounced the Bangladesh government with slogans
New Delhi: Hundreds of activists from VHP and Bajrang Dal descended on the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on Tuesday in protest against communalism in the neighbouring country, sending into chaos the high security area as they rushed to the barricades. Earlier in the day, security was beefed up outside the embassy ahead of the protest by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal over the lynching of a Hindu man in the neighbouring country.
A placard read: "Hindu rakt ki ek ek boond ka hisaab chahiye (Each drop of blood of a Hindu must be accounted for)."
Bajrang Dal and VHP activists held a demonstration outside the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Mumbai and a similar protest was staged outside the Mumbai civic body headquarters, police said.
In Kolkate, protesters tried to march to the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission and clashed with the police when they were stopped by the personnel in uniform. Police resorted to baton charge to disperse the protestors after they breached barricades, both human and iron guard rails, in their attempts to move closer to the Deputy High Commission office at Beckbagan in central Kolkata.