Shaikat Mandal confessed before a magistrate on Sunday that it was his Facebook post that led to the violence in Rangpur, Pirganj sub-district on October 17 during Durga Puja festivities in the country. Mandal’s accomplice Rabiul Islam is a 36-year-old cleric, who has been accused of arson and looting. “Shaikat Mandal and his accomplice Rabiul Isam have admitted their role before a senior judicial magistrate Delwar Hossain in (north-western) Rangpur,” the court official said. They were arrested from Gazipur on Friday in a police raid and booked under the Digital Security Act. Rabiul Islam helped Shaikat Mandal instigate Muslims in the village through announcements on the loudspeaker on Friday, the official added.

Source: bd News24 October 26, 2021 07:14 UTC