The suspects, Abdullah Al Mamun, 23, and Omar Faruk, 24, used petrol to set fire to the houses of Hindu villagers, police said.īiplob Kumar Sarkar, superintendent of police in Rangpur, said Mamun has been a Shibir activist since 2012 and Faruk was an Imam of a mosque near Pirganj Bus Stand.Ī total of 66 individuals have been arrested in the four cases, he said. Officers in Sadullapur, Gaibandha, arrested two more suspects early yesterday over the attacks on a fishing village in Pirganj. Police filed 26 cases over the mayhem across Noakhali and arrested 192 people. Those arrested were not involved in the mayhem. "Police are raiding the homes of BNP leaders and activists every night. Shahidul Islam, superintendent of police in Noakhali, told a press briefing that Harunur Rashid, 48, a Jamaat leader and former chairman of Bijbagh Union Parishad Md Raihan, 38, assistant organising secretary of Noakhali Jubo Dal and Foisal Bari Chowdhury, 45, joint convener of BNP in Purbo Charmotua Union Parishad were arrested.Ībdur Rahman, general secretary of Noakhali BNP, said the police are politically motivated. They were arrested in an overnight raid in Chatkhil and Senbag upazilas.Ĭases will be filed against them under the Digital Security Act for uploading videos and making posts on social media that instigated the mayhem. So, he took it back and tossed it into a nearby bush."Ī local Jamaat and a Swechhasebok Dal leader are among the 11 people police arrested yesterday over the arson attacks and vandalism in Noakhali on October 15. Iqbal told officers that he first threw it in water. It was found in a bush just a few hundred yards from the puja mandap. M Tanvir Ahmed, additional superintendent of police in Cumilla, told The Daily Star that a team of police accompanied by Iqbal found the mace that the latter threw away when he placed the Quran at the puja mandap.
Meanwhile, the Criminal Investigation Department was asked to investigate a case filed under the Digital Security Act over hurting religious sentiment in Cumilla.
"He is cunning and knows how to evade questions," the interrogator added.
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