Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC) on Tuesday claimed they have identified the mastermind who incited the violence and vandalism during Hefazat-e-Islam’s protest at Shapla Chattar on May 5, 2013. “Since it was a huge group of people gathered at the square it took us sometime to comb through all the information and find the people who were involved in vandalism,” he added. Hefazat was formed in January 2010, in opposition to plans to give women the same rights of inheritance as men. The murdered blogger and his associates had launched the Shahbag campaign to demand the death penalty for a political leader convicted of war crimes committed in 1971. Haider and other bloggers were subsequently accused by Islamists of being atheists who had written comments derogatory of Islam and the Prophet.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 02, 2017 12:45 UTC