On Thursday (March 2), a Dhaka courtroom sentenced one Mohammad Iqbal Hossain to 16 months imprisonment for orchestrating the anti-Hindu violence all over the 2021 Durga Puja celebrations in Bangladesh by means of hanging a replica of the Quran on the toes of Lord Hanuman.
As in keeping with a file by means of The Day-to-day Big name, the subject used to be heard by means of the Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Pass judgement on AM Zulfiker Hayet. He handed the decision within the presence of the accused.
For the reason that Mohammed Iqbal Hossain had already served 16 months at the back of bars, the Pass judgement on directed the prison government to free up him for having served his sentence upfront (in case he isn’t sought after in some other case).
The Background of the Case
On October 13, 2021, a 35-year-old guy named Iqbal Hossain positioned a replica of the Quran at the toes of the idol of Lord Hanuman on the Nanuar Dighir Par Durga Mandir within the Cumilla district of Bangladesh.
His movements prompted a chain of violent assaults in opposition to the minority Hindus within the nation. The Hindu neighborhood had insisted vehemently that no person amongst them had stored the Islamic ‘Holy guide’ on the Puja Pandal and the incident used to be a planned plan to foment bother.
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For over 5 days, properties and temples of the Hindu neighborhood in Bangladesh remained beneath assault. Movies of damaged idols, demolished pandals and Moorti of Maa Durga being thrown in a pond emerged on social media platforms together with different movies of assaults on Hindus.
It got here to gentle later that the replica of the Quran used to be given to Iqbal Hossain by means of the caretakers of a close-by mosque. The accused used to be arrested from Cox Bazar on October 21, 2021, by means of the Tongi Purba Police Station in Ghazipur and booked beneath the stringent Virtual Safety Act.
After analysing the CCTV photos, it used to be additionally discovered that the accused incited other folks to dedicate violence within the morning and gave hate speeches in opposition to Hindus.
