Celebs speak out! Janhvi Kapoor, Kajal Aggarwal, Jaya Prada slam brutal lynching in Bangladesh, call out ‘selective outrage’

Bollywood actress Janhvi Kapoor, in an Instagram story, described the violence in Bangladesh as “barbaric” and “not an isolated incident,” urging people to acknowledge and speak out against public lynching and communal extremism.

“What is happening in Bangladesh is barbaric. It is slaughter and it is not an isolated incident,” Kapoor wrote, calling out selective outrage and stressing the need to condemn communal discrimination and extremism in all forms before “we forget our humanity.”

Photo: Screen-grab/Janhvi Kapoor Instagram

Actress Kajal Aggarwal also shared an Instagram story reading “All Eyes on Bangladesh Hindus,” adding, “Wake up Hindus, silence won’t save you.”

Veteran actress and former MP Jaya Prada, reacting to the incident, said, “An innocent Hindu man was lynched and set on fire in Bangladesh. This is not normal violence—it is mob lynching. We cannot stay silent in the name of secularism; we must raise our voices and seek justice.”

Amid escalating unrest and nationwide protests following Hadi’s death, Das was brutally lynched by a mob in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district, according to police and local media reports.

The victim, a resident of Bhaluka Upazila, was allegedly beaten to death late Thursday after a crowd accused him of making derogatory remarks about Islam.

Eyewitnesses and police officials were quoted as saying that the attackers tied Das’s body to a tree and set it on fire. Visuals of the incident later circulated widely on social media, triggering widespread outrage and condemnation.

Some reports further claimed that the body was dragged to a nearby road and burned again, underscoring the extreme brutality of the attack.