{"id":6421,"date":"2026-02-18T01:55:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=6421"},"modified":"2026-02-18T01:55:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:55:46","slug":"arrest-police-killer-mahdi-hasan-india-must-not-be-a-safe-haven-for-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=6421","title":{"rendered":"Arrest Police Killer Mahdi Hasan: India must not be a safe haven for terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As tensions simmer across the border in Bangladesh following the violent 2024 anti-Hasina protests, a chilling figure from that chaos has surfaced in India: Ahmed Reza Hasan Mahdi<\/a>, also known as Mahdi Hasan, the self-confessed killer of a Hindu police officer. Activists and intelligence watchers are raising alarms that Mahdi, a district-level leader of Bangladesh’s Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (SAD), is using Indian soil as a stepping stone to evade justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With his passport details circulating online and reports placing him in Paharganj, New Delhi, awaiting a Portuguese visa, the question looms large: Why is India harbouring a man who openly boasted of burning a police officer alive?<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mahdi’s notoriety stems from a viral video <\/a>recorded in early January 2026 at Shayestaganj Police Station in Habiganj, Bangladesh. In the footage, he confronts Officer-in-Charge Abul Kalam over the detention of a former Chhatra League activist, brazenly declaring,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We burned down Baniachong Police Station, and we set fire to SI Santosh.”\u00a0This confession refers to the horrific August 5, 2024, attack on Baniachang Police Station during the jihadist-led uprising that toppled Sheikh Hasina’s government. Sub-Inspector Santosh Chowdhury, a Hindu officer, was lynched by a mob, his body set ablaze and hung from a tree in a barbaric display of communal violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the gravity of his admission, Mahdi was detained by Bangladeshi police on January 3, 2026, but only on charges of threatening officers and obstructing duties\u2014not murder.\u00a0He was released on bail the next day amid protests from SAD supporters, who demanded blanket immunity for all participants in the July movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critics argue this leniency under the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus reflects a troubling indulgence toward radical elements, allowing figures like Mahdi to slip away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Self-proclaimed police killer and SAD leader Mehedi is now in #Delhi<\/a>.

For the past seventeen months, these same extremists have spent their days chanting anti-India slogans across Bangladesh. Now he\u2019s reportedly trying to use Indian soil as a transit route to flee to Europe.\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/TqklipZMWV<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/udoAOQOd50<\/a><\/p>— Asifur Rahman Chowdhury (@Asifurrahman71) February 17, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>