They were all arrested in separate drives conducted throughout Friday night in Kushtia. Late Thursday night, a group of miscreants vandalized parts of the nose and face of Bagha Jatin’s sculpture. Then on Friday morning, Kushtia police, acting on a tip-off, arrested Kaya Union Jubo League President Anisur Rahman Anis, the mastermind of the incident. Bagha Jatin was the principal leader of the Jugantar party which was the central association of revolutionary freedom fighters in Bengal. Previously, an under-construction sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was also vandalized in the district town on December 5.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 21, 2020 11:37 UTC