Hindus targeted for raising voice against anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh; Khalistanis raise anti-Hindu slogans
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, United Kingdom 
26 December, 2025
Case Summary
In London, United Kingdom, the Hindu community were targeted with anti-Hindu and anti-India slogans by the Khalistanis during the protest outside the Bangladesh High Commission against anti-Hindu violence. According to reports, on 27 December 2025, a protest was organised by the Bengali Hindu Adarsha Saangha (UK) to condemn the lynching of a Hindu man named Dipu Chandra Das, who was brutally lynched by a Muslim mob in Bangladesh, and to draw attention to the wider persecution of Hindus in the country. More than 500 members from the Hindu community gathered peacefully behind police barriers, chanted slogans such as “Hindus Lives Matter,” and carried placards demanding justice for Dipu Das, protection for Hindu minorities in Bangladesh, and the release of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, who was in jail. During the protest, around ten Khalistani supporters carrying yellow flags arrived and positioned themselves directly in front of the high commission and began shouting anti-India and anti-Hindu slogans. They also praised slain extremist Sharif Osman Hadi, whose death led to renewed violence against Hindus in Bangladesh. This escalated tensions in the area. Police promptly intervened to separate the two groups and prevent any physical confrontation, ensuring that the Hindu protest remained orderly. Protest organisers stated that the presence and actions of the Khalistani group appeared to be a deliberate attempt to provoke and instigate the Hindu community, as the protest had no connection to the Khalistan movement. Members of the Hindu community expressed deep distress over the killing of Dipu Das and the ongoing persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh, highlighting that such violence had persisted for generations while receiving little international or media attention. A fresh wave of anti-Hindu violence prevailed across Bangladesh following the death of Sharif Osman Bin Hadi. This escalation occurred against the backdrop of ongoing anti-Hindu violence that had persisted since the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government in August 2024, during which Hindu homes, temples, and religious spaces were repeatedly attacked, and the Hindu community faced intimidation, arson, and mob attacks. In the aftermath of Hadi’s death, Hindu homes were selectively targeted and set ablaze in multiple localities by Muslim mobs, forcing families to flee and rendering many homeless. The violence was not sporadic but patterned, with Muslim mobs targeting Hindu neighbourhoods, properties, and religious symbols with impunity. One of the many victims of this wave of violence was a Hindu man named Dipu Chandra Das, who was brutally lynched by a Muslim mob over false allegations of blasphemy. Such targeting of innocent Hindus over fabricated charges illustrated the vulnerability of the Hindu minority under conditions of rising communal hostility. Posters and written materials calling for the extermination of Hindus were displayed in public spaces, signalling an alarming normalisation of genocidal rhetoric. Combined with acts of physical violence, arson, and vandalism, these developments demonstrated a coordinated campaign designed to terrorise the Hindu community and assert Islamic dominance. Notably, Sharif Osman Bin Hadi was a Muslim political activist and student leader known for his anti-Hindu and anti-India stance. He was actively involved in the political unrest that followed the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government and was killed in Dhaka in December 2025 during clashes, after which Hindus were blamed and subsequently targeted.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category- Hate Speech against Hindus. Within this, the subcategory selected is- Anti-Hindu slurs, mocking faith. Anti-Hindu slurs and the deliberate mocking of the Hindu faith owing to religious animosity involve the usage of derogatory terms, stereotypes, or offensive references to religious practices, symbols, or figures. One of the common anti-Hindu slurs used against Hindus is “cow-worshipper” and “cow piss drinker”. The intention of using this term is to demean and mock Hindus as a group and their religious beliefs since Hindus consider the cow holy. Additionally, some symbols and the slurs attached to them have a historical context that exacerbates the insult, hate, stereotyping, dehumanisation and oppression against Hindus. Cow worship has been used for centuries to denigrate Hindus, insult their faith and oppress Hindus specifically as a religious group. There has been overwhelming documentation about how cow slaughter has been used to persecute Hindus, with cow meat being thrown in temples and places of worship. There has also been overwhelming documentation where cow meat (beef) has been force-fed to Hindus to either forcefully convert them to Islam or denigrate their faith. Apart from cow worship, the Swastika – which holds deep religious significance for the Hindus – has also been misinterpreted and distorted to use as a slur against Hindus. Similarly, the worship of the Shivling has been used by supremacist ideologies and religions to denigrate Hindus owing to religious animosity. Such slurs and denigration stem out of inherent animosity and hate towards Hindus and their faith, therefore, it is categorised as hate speech targeted at Hindus specifically owing to their religious identity. This case qualifies as a hate crime because it involved deliberate and targeted hostility directed at the Hindu community on the basis of religious identity during a peaceful demonstration against anti-Hindu violence. The protest was organised outside the Bangladesh High Commission in London to condemn the lynching of Dipu Chandra Das and to highlight the systematic persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh. The arrival of Khalistani supporters at this specific protest site, despite having no connection to the issue being raised, demonstrated a conscious choice to target Hindus while they were collectively expressing grief and dissent related to violence against their community. The shouting of anti-Hindu slogans during the protest constituted hate speech, as it sought to intimidate, demean, and silence Hindus on because of their religious identity. The slogans were not random expressions of political disagreement but were directed at a Hindu gathering, thereby transforming the space into a hostile environment for a religious community exercising its right to peaceful assembly. This disruption interfered with the ability of Hindus to protest violence against their own community, effectively attempting to delegitimise their grievances and suppress their collective voice. The use of anti-India slogans and anti-Hindu in this context further reinforced the religious animosity underpinning the incident. Khalistani separatists perceive India as a Hindu collectivity and harbour specific animosity toward Hindus and their faith. Their demand for a separate state stems from the belief that the Sikh religious identity is distinct from India's perceived Hindu identity, much like Islam. Therefore, threats against India or its leadership are inherently anti-Hindu and reflect deep-seated hostility, constituting a hate crime. By positioning themselves directly in front of the High Commission and raising such slogans, the Khalistani group transformed a protest against lynching and minority persecution into a site of intimidation against Hindus. Additionally, the praising of Sharif Osman Hadi, whose death triggered renewed violence against Hindus in Bangladesh, aggravated the hateful nature of the act. Glorifying a man associated with anti-Hindu violence in the presence of Hindu protesters mourning a lynching amounted to endorsement of violence against Hindus. This behaviour went beyond provocation and reflected an attempt to terrorise a religious community already protesting targeted killings psychologically. The incident, therefore, met the threshold of a hate crime as it involved intentional disruption, verbal abuse, and intimidation of Hindus based explicitly on their religious identity. It sought to create fear, silence dissent, and undermine a peaceful protest against anti-Hindu violence.
Case Status
Unknown
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Sikh Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 5 to 10
Perpetrators Gender
male
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