Members of law enforcement agencies on Saturday arrested four people in connection with the vandalism and attack on several homes and shops of the Hindu community and a temple at Doarabazar upazila in Sunamganj over a complaint of dishonouring the holy Quran by a Hindu youth on December 3.
The arrestees are Alim Hossain, 19, Sultan Ahmed Raju, 20, Shajahan Hossain, 20, and Imran Hossain, 31, of sadar union under the Doarabazar upazila, said a statement issued by the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Office.
On December 3, a Facebook post by a Hindu youth in upazila sparked tensions in the district.
Even though the youth deleted the post, screenshots spread widely, leading to violence in the area, forcing the local police to arrest him immediately in an effort to bring the situation under control.
Later in the following morning, the police filed a case under the Cyber Security Act against the youth and he was sent to jail in the case by the district judicial magistrate court.聽
Doarabazar Police Station officer-in-charge Md Zahidul Islam confirmed the arrest of four youths.
He said that the police filed a case early Saturday against naming 12 people and some 150 to 170 other unidentified people.
鈥楶olice filed the case 10 days after the incident as the people of the Hindu community did not agree to submit a written complaint with the police station in this regard,鈥� the OC said.
He informed that the four youths were arrested at their respective houses early Saturday and later produced before the district judicial magistrate court that sent them to jail.
