Holding saffron flags and shouting slogans against the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, hundreds of supporters of the VHP and the Bajrang Dal broke barricades and clashed with police near the fortified Bangladesh High Commission on Tuesday.Protesters forced several barricades down as police struggled to contain the surge.
The high security area witnessed a beefed-up police presence in the morning ahead of the protest announced by the Hindu right against the lynching of a Hindu man in the strife-torn neighbouring nation.
A sea of banners and placards bobbed in the air, reading denunciatory messages against the Bangladesh government.
The area had been secured with three layers of barricading and more force from the police and paramilitary.
A placard read: “Hindu rakt ki ek ek boond ka hisaab chahiye (Each drop of blood of a Hindu must be accounted for).”