Mamun was apprehended in Gaibandha's Sadullahpur and Omar in Pirganj's Ramnathpur on Sunday, according to Suresh Chandra, chief of Pirganj Police Station. Omar Faruk has been the imam at Pirganj South Bus stand mosque,” said Superintendent of Police Biplob Kumar Sarkar. An angry mob burnt down Hindu homes in Majhipara village on Oct 17 over an alleged blasphemous post on Facebook. Shibir activist Mamun ‘sprinkled petrol and lit the fire’ that night, said Suresh Chandra. A person died from cardiac arrest during the attacks while police recovered another body from a pond the next day.

Source: bd News24 October 25, 2021 23:18 UTC