Radical Islamist mobsters attempted to attack four Indian diplomatic missions in Bangladesh over the last 36 hours ending December 18, 2025, 9:46 p.m. UTC, including the Indian High Commission in Dhaka and Indian Assistant High Commissions in Rajshahi, Khulna, and Chittagong, according to a post by journalist Aditya Raj Kaul on X at https://x.com/AdityaRajKaul/status/2001765234764320804. Kaul's post, shared during the 30-minute reporting window from 9:16 p.m. to 9:46 p.m. UTC, summarizes the threats to the missions amid ongoing unrest. This report encompasses the violent protests outside the Indian Assistant High Commission in Chittagong between 8:46 p.m. and 9:16 p.m. UTC earlier this evening, where protesters gathered, as stated in Kaul's prior post at https://x.com/AdityaRajKaul/status/2001757769364574350. Earlier, between 8:16 p.m. and 8:46 p.m. UTC, protesters pelted stones and set fires near the Indian Assistant High Commission office and residence in Chittagong, with police working to control the situation, per Kaul's post at https://x.com/AdityaRajKaul/status/2001747778654064720. The broader unrest includes attacks on newspaper offices in Dhaka on December 18, such as the gutting of the Daily Star building between 7:46 p.m. and 8:16 p.m. UTC and the ransacking of Dainik Prothom Alo earlier, according to previous reports from Kaul and PTI_News on X.
