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A hardliner Hindutva activist has threatened to beat up Bangladeshi cricketers if they participate in the Indian Premier League (IPL), going on to warn Bollywood star and Kolkata Knight Riders owner Shah Rukh Khan against allowing Bangladeshi players to play for his team.

“We will beat up Bangladeshi players if they come to play in the IPL. We will even beat SRK if he lets them play in his team,” the activist said in a video that has now gone viral over the internet.

The activist also referenced a previous attack to establish his group’s credibility. “Sanjay Leela Bhansali is the biggest director. We even beat him for 8 hours when he insulted Karni Mata in the Padmaavat movie.”

The threats come after Shiv Sena leader Neeraj Sethi from Haryana announced that his organisation has decided Bangladeshi players will not be allowed to play IPL matches in India. 

Indian sports journalist Sushant Mehta also ridiculed the purchase of Bangladeshi players, calling Mustafizur Rahman a “2 kori ka [cheap] player”.

Rahman was the only Bangladeshi player to be sold in the IPL 2026 auction held in Abu Dhabi on December 16. He was bought by KKR for Rs9.2 crores.

While social media users condemned the discriminatory rhetoric by Mehta, questioning his integrity as a journalist, a majority of Indian netizens called on IPL franchises to ban Bangladeshi players and not include them in the auction at all.

Relations between Bangladesh and India have deteriorated sharply in recent weeks. Dhaka suspended visa and consular services at its missions in New Delhi and Agartara on December 22 following protests outside the facilities.

India also suspended visa services at its Chittagong visa application center in Bangladesh after widespread violent protests erupted following the death of prominent Bangladeshi activist Sharif Osman Hadi. 

The 32-year-old critic of India died on December 18 in a Singapore hospital after being shot in the head by masked gunmen in Dhaka a week earlier. 

Hadi played a key role in the 2024 uprising that ended former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule.

Tensions escalated further after the killing of Dipu Chandra Das, a 25-year-old Hindu man who was lynched and burned in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district over blasphemy allegations. 

New Delhi and Dhaka summoned each other’s envoys earlier this week in a tit-for-tat move. The visa freeze affects tens of thousands of Bangladeshis seeking medical treatment in India.

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