5 individuals had been arrested for his or her involvement in remaining week’s assault at the properties and temple of the Hindu neighborhood in southwestern Bangladesh over a Fb put up, a media document mentioned on Monday.
A mob vandalised a temple, stores and several other properties of the Hindu neighborhood within the Dighalia Bazar space of Lohagara upazila of Narail on Friday after a Hindu boy posted one thing deemed offensive on Fb, triggering anger amongst Muslims.
5 individuals have been arrested on Sunday for his or her function within the violence, police mentioned.
On Monday, a neighborhood court docket positioned the suspects on a three-day police remand, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.
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Senior Judicial Justice of the Peace Md Morshedul Alam handed the order after investigation officer within the case Mizanur Rahman produced the accused earlier than the court docket and appealed for seven days in remand.
The suspects are known as Masum Billah (32), Md Sayed Sheikh (25), Rezaul Sheikh (40), Rasel Mridha (38), and Kabir Gazi (40).
Narail Superintendent of Police Probir Kumar Roy previous mentioned that two circumstances had been filed on this incident up to now.
On Saturday evening, 20-year-old faculty scholar Akash Saha used to be detained over the Fb put up.
Haran Chandra Paul, an inspector on the native police station, mentioned the younger guy posted one thing offensive on Fb, triggering anger amongst Muslims.
A police officer mentioned that Salahuddin Kochi of Dighlia village had filed a case towards Akash on Jul 15, accusing him of belittling Islam.
Police forces had been deployed within the space to stop additional violence.
Assaults on spiritual minorities in Muslim-majority Bangladesh are expanding and plenty of of them came about after rumours or pretend posts unfold via social media.
Closing 12 months, some Hindu temples in Bangladesh have been vandalised by means of unidentified Muslim bigots throughout the Durga Puja celebrations, prompting the federal government to deploy paramilitary forces in 22 districts after 4 other people have been killed and plenty of others injured in riots.
In keeping with a document by means of prison rights team Ain O Salish Kendra, 3,679 assaults have been performed at the Hindu neighborhood in Bangladesh between January 2013 and September 2021.
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