"Mamun was actively involved with Chhatra Shibir from 2012. Omar Faruk has been the imam at Pirganj South Bus stand mosque," a police official said. Pirganj police officer-in-charge Suresh Chandra said that Mamun "sprinkled petrol and lit the fire" on the night of the violence. Mandal confessed that it was his Facebook post that led to the violence in Rangpur on October 17. Meanwhile, police have arrested 11 more people, including a Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader, in connection with the violence against the Hindu community in Noakhali on October 15, the bdnews24.com report said.

Source: bd News24 October 26, 2021 05:28 UTC