India, Dec. 17 -- The attack on Osman Hadi, an associated founder and co-organising figure of Inquilab Mancha, was not treated as a crime for very long. Almost immediately, it was repackaged into something else: a political device.

In Bangladesh's tense transitional phase, the incident was seized upon by a familiar convergence of interests. Pakistan's deep-state networks, Jamaat-e-Islami, and sympathetic elements embedded within Bangladesh's own institutional ecosystem moved with striking speed and coordination. Together, they form what can only be described as a destabilising triangle-an alliance that feeds on uncertainty, benefits from disorder, and repeatedly redirects public anger towards India.

To understand why the Hadi episode is...