New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- Reacting strongly to the mob lynching of Dipu Chandra Das in Bangladesh, Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi, Chief Imam of the All India Imam Organisation, on Sunday said that the incident was a "murder of humanity" and condemned the brutality involved in the killing.

Speaking to reporters, Dr Ilyasi said that humanity had been deeply shamed by the incident and criticised the manner in which the minor was killed. He said the brutality with which the child was murdered and the alleged act of hanging the body from a tree after death were utterly wrong and unacceptable.

The Chief Imam also questioned the silence of international human rights organisations over the incident. "Where are those human rights organisations? Why are the...