The Police Headquarters in a statement on Saturday night cited Shahadat Hossain Titu‘s failure to take proper steps to prevent the gathering as the reason behind the decision to withdraw him. Local administrators were out of their wits to explain the massive turnout at the Namaz-e-Janaza for Moulana Zubair Ahmad Ansari when the government has already imposed curbs on congregational prayers at mosques to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Top Islamic leaders in the district, madrasa students and ordinary people attended the funeral overseen by Ansari’s son Hafiz Moulana Asadullah. Shahadat earlier said many people from as far as Dhaka came to join the funeral prayers. There was nothing we could do once the crowd began streaming in,” he said.

Source: bd News24 April 18, 2020 18:22 UTC