Bangladesh Police arrests man accused of preserving Quran at Durga Puja pandal in Comilla

After figuring out him by means of CCTV footage retrieved from surveillance cameras put in outdoors the pandal in Comilla, Bangladesh Police arrested Ikbal Hossain late on Thursday evening from Cox’s Bazar. 35-year-old Ikbal Hossain who allegedly positioned a duplicate of the Quran at a Durga Puja pandal in Bangladesh’s Comilla. (Photo: India Today)Ikbal Hossain, who has been accused of putting a duplicate of the Quran at a Durga Puja pandal in Comilla final week, was arrested by the police in Bangladesh from Cox’s Bazar on Thursday evening.

Earlier, the police had recognized the 35-year-old man, whose motion triggered communal violence in Bangladesh, by analysing CCTV footage retrieved from surveillance cameras put in outdoors the pandal in Comilla.The video allegedly confirmed him shifting in suspiciously with a Quran after which strolling out with the gada, probably of the Hanuman idol on the pandal the place the Quran had been found.At least three individuals had been killed in violence that adopted after a duplicate of the Quran was discovered on the Nanua Dighir Par Durga Puja pandal in Comilla final week. The incident had brought about widespread violence as communal pressure gripped Bangladesh.ALSO READ | Bangladesh violence: Furfura Sharif cleric’s ‘beheading’ comment kicks off controversyApart from Comilla, incidents of violence had been additionally reported from temples in Chandpur’s Hajiganj, Chattogram’s Banshkhali, Cox’s Bazar’s Pekua and Rangpur’s Pirganj.The police in Comilla have filed 4 circumstances and made 41 arrests in reference to the violence that broke out at a Durga Puja pandal. Four of these positioned beneath arrest are reportedly associates of Ikbal Hossain.Meanwhile, Ikbal’s mom, Amena Begum, had instructed Bangladesh-based Dhaka Tribune that he’s a drug addict and has been dealing with psychological points ever since he was stabbed within the abdomen by some neighbours roughly 10 years in the past.ALSO READ | ISKCON temple vandalised, devotees ‘violently attacked’ by mob in Bangladesh’s NoakhaliClick right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.