Nine more arrested over Nasirnagar attacks

Police arrested nine more people at different places of Nasirnagar upazila town in Brahmanbaria early Sunday for their alleged involvement in the attacks on Hindus on October 30.

‘We raided different areas in Nasirnagar upazila headquarters from 12:00am to 5:00am and arrested nine more people,’ Nasirnagar police officer-in-charge Md Abu Zafar said.

With the latest figure, the total number of arrested people in this connection reached to 53, he said.

He, however, did not disclose the names of the arrestees. ‘They will be produced before the court today.’

Local people and victims alleged that activists of the ruling Awami League, Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Jamaat-e-Islami, Hefazat-e-Islam as well as goons from outlying villages, who joined rallies at Nasirnagar on October 30, instigated and carried out the attacks. 

About 200 houses and business establishments and 22 temples of Hindus were vandalised and robbed during the attacks, they said.

The attackers came to the upazila headquarters to join rallies demanding punishment of a Hindu youth, Rasraj Das, for allegedly sharing a doctored photo showing an idol on the Kaaba on his Facebook wall on October 28.

The protest rallies were organised by Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat at Nasirnagar college intersection, and Towhidi Janata of qoumi group backed by Hefajat-e-Islam at Ashutosh Pilot High School.

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