Bangladesh violence: man arrested for attacks against Hindus during Durga Puja

A 35-year-old man, suspected of being the main suspect in the recent series of violence against Hindus in Bangladesh during the festivities of Durga Puja was arrested, announced Friday of the media.

Hossain Iqbal was arrested from the beach of the sea of ​​Bazar de Cox on Thursday night and is suspected of being the one who would have placed a copy of the Koran in a place of Durga Puja in Cumilla, bdnews24.com reported.

Attacks on Hindu temples have been reported in Bangladesh since last Wednesday after a presumed blasphemère posted on social media during the celebrations of Durga Puja.

At the end of Sunday evening, a crowd has damaged 66 houses and fire at least 20 Hindus houses in Bangladesh.

Rafiquel Islam, the additional Superintendent of the District Police, said Iqbal had been arrested at the beach of the sea Bazaar of Cox around 22 hours on Thursday. The arrest was also recognized by Minister Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.

“It is confirmed that Iqbal was arrested,” said Kamal House Minister as saying in another daily star report.

The police announced on Wednesday that they had identified images of the safety camera the young man who placed the Copy of the Koran – instead of Puja in the Nanua Dighir of the City, in the weeks of October 13, announced The report.

Although the police are not disclosed by additional information, with the exception of the arrest, the members of the Hossain family claimed that he was mentally unstable and that someone could have enjoyed his condition for the Place the Qur’an, the reported Dhaka forum.

Common violence spread later in the nation that claimed seven lives and many homes and companies in the Hindu community, said the report.

Local media reported that Six Hindu were killed in separate attacks, but the numbers could not be confirmed independently.

The attacks against Hindu have been sentenced by the United Nations.

Mia Seppo, the UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh, said in a Twitter position on Monday that the attacks of Hindus are against the values ​​of the Bangladesh Constitution and must stop.

On Monday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs transferred seven police officers from troubled areas for failing to control violence.

Tuesday, the Premier of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, instructed his Minister of Origin to initiate an immediate action against those who encourage violence with the help of religion, while she asked the person to do nothing Confidence on social media without verification of facts.

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