Sumon Mia offered the apology when he was summoned to a meeting of top officials at the Upazila council offices on Monday night, Upazila chief executive or UNO Nazrul Islam said. Nazrul described Sreemangal as a place of religious harmony and warned thatactions such as the young man‘s should not go unpunished. Public representatives, police officers and leaders of the Hindu community were present. He went live on Facebook, urging the underprivileged Hindu families to convert to Islam at the time. As the video sparked outrage, he later apologised in another video and then at the meeting.

Source: bd News24 April 28, 2020 23:37 UTC