Dhaka, Oct 25 (PTI) Police have arrested 13 more suspects, including a local cleric, for the recent spate of violence against the minority Hindu community during Durga Puja celebrations in Bangladesh, according to media reports on Monday. Police have so far arrested 68 people, including key suspect Shaikat Mandal, in connection with the violence. Meanwhile, police have arrested 11 more people, including a Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader, in connection with the violence against the Hindu community in Noakhali on October 15, the bdnews24.com report said. Attacks on Hindu temples intensified in Bangladesh since October 13 after an alleged blasphemous post surfaced on social media during the Durga Puja celebrations. The Durga Puja celebrations, considered to be the biggest festival of the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh, concluded without the traditional Bijoya Dashami procession.

Source: bd News24 October 25, 2021 22:14 UTC