3 more arrested over attack on Hindu homes in Sunamganj

Dhaka Post Desk

District Correspondent

21 March 2021, 12:46 pm


3 more arrested over attack on Hindu homes in Sunamganj

Police have arrested three more people on Saturday night in connection with the attack on the Hindu houses in Sunamganj’s Shalla upazila.

So far, a total of 33 people have been arrested in connection with the attack, confirmed Nazmul Haque, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Shalla Police Station.

Earlier, the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested Shahidul Islam, the mastermind of the attack on March 19.

Around 100 houses of the Hindu community in Noagaon village of Shalla were attacked on March 17 following one of the residents reportedly posted against Hefazat-e-Islam leader Mamunul Haque on Facebook.

Later, local Union Parishad Chairman Bakul Majumder and police filed two separate cases with Shalla Police Station on March 18.

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