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Protesters during a protest rally against the Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, over the alleged atrocities against minorities in Bangladesh, in Kolkata on Monday. (ANI Photo)

Protests have now broken out in India over the alleged atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh and the lynching of a Hindu man, Dipu Das, in Mymensingh.

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