The mob vandalized a temple, shops and several houses of the Hindu community.

Dhaka. Last week, five people were arrested for their involvement in attacks on homes and temples of Hindu community members in south-western Bangladesh over a Facebook post. Local media gave this information. Anger erupted among Muslims after a Hindu boy posted some alleged objectionable content on Facebook and a temple, shops and several houses of the Hindu community were vandalized by a mob on Friday in Dighaliya Bazaar area of ​​Lohagra upazila of Narail. On Monday, a local court sent the suspects to three-day police remand. The investigating officer of the case Mizanur Rahman produced the accused in the court and the order was passed by Senior Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Morshedul Alam after appealing for seven days remand.

The suspects have been identified as Masoom Billa (32), Mohammad Syed Sheikh (25), Rezaul Sheikh (40), Rasal Mridha (38) and Kabir Ghazi (40). Aakash Saha (20), a college student, was detained on Saturday night over a Facebook post. Let us tell you that in a post made on Facebook, a temple, shops and several houses of the Hindu community in the south-west part of Bangladesh were vandalized over alleged insults to Islam. This information was given in the media reports on Sunday. On Friday evening, unidentified persons ransacked several houses and set a house on fire in Sahapara village of Narel district, online newspaper bdnews24.com quoted local police station inspector Haran Chandra Paul as saying.

The police opened fire in the air to disperse the attackers. He said the attackers also threw bricks at a temple in the village during the attack at around 7.30 pm. They also broke the furniture inside the temple. The Daily Star newspaper reported in its news that many shops were also vandalized. Haran said that a youth had posted something objectionable on Facebook, due to which the people of the Muslim community got angry. The police searched for the young man, but when he was not found, he took his father to the police station.

He said tensions escalated after Friday prayers over the Facebook post and a group of people from the Muslim community staged a protest in the afternoon. Later they attacked the houses. Last year, some Hindu temples in Bangladesh were vandalized by unidentified Muslim extremists during Durga Puja celebrations, forcing the government to deploy paramilitary forces in 22 districts. During this riots, four people were killed and many others were injured.