Bangladesh : Police today arrested a former joint secretary of Brahmanbaria’s Nasirnagar upazila unit Awami League in connection with the attacks on homes and temples of Hindu community in the upazila.
The arrestees is identified as Abdul Ahad, 50, also former chairman of Nasirnagar union, Abu Zafar, officer-in-charge of Nasirnagar Police Station, told our local correspondent.
The law enforcer arrested him from his house in Ghospara of Sadar upazila around 5:00 pm in connection with the attacks on Hindus of Nasirnagar on October 30, the police official said.
A group of religious zealots carried out a synchronised attack on the Hindus in Brahmanbaria’s Nasirnagar upazila, on October 30 vandalising around 100 homes and at least five temples and looting valuables over a Facebook post “hurting Muslims’ sentiment”.
The attackers also beat up over 100 people of the minority community.
Source : The Daily Star
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