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Youth held for inciting attack
 [Bangla Daily Star] Police on Monday enjuggedYouse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! a youth in connection with the attacks on the Hindu community at Bonogram in Pabna on November 02. Police arrested Johurul Islam, 20, son of Amin Driver, from the Bonogram Bazaar area on Monday morning. When produced before the Pabna judicial magistrate's court the same day, Johurul confessed to his role in inciting the attacks that ravaged over 100 Hindu houses in two villages, leaving trails of looting, arson and vandalism. In his confessional statement, Johurul said he had printed a faked Facebook page slandering Prophet Mohammad (PTUI!) from his own computer and, along with some other people, distributed it in the bazar. During the distribution of the photocopies of the page, the gang members told people that Rajib Saha, son of local businessman Babul Saha, maligned the prophet on Facebook, Assistant Superintendent of Police of Pabna Abu Bakar Siddik said. Soon after the distribution of the page, groups of people attacked the Hindu houses for about two and a half hours in Sahapara and Ghoshpara, close to Bonogram bazaar. Johurul, who runs a computer shop in Bonogram bazaar, also mentioned the names of a few others who were with him during the distribution of the photocopies, the ASP added. Police seized his computer. A total of 12 suspects have so far been arrested in connection with the attacks. Local Hindu families, however, are hardly relieved as most of the attackers are still on the lam. "Although some people have been arrested, most of the culprits are walking free. This is our biggest concern at the moment," Haripada Saha, a resident of Sahapara village, said. Posted by: Fred 2013-11-13 |
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