Hindu man’s house set on fireplace in Bangladesh over Facebook submit on Prophet

The house of a Hindu man was set on fireplace in Bangladesh final afternoon over an allegedly derogatory Facebook submit in regards to the Prophet Muhammad.

The police have arrested Akash Saha, and his father Ashok Shaha, in reference to the incident, police officer Haran Chandra informed India Today TV.

“Akash Saha made an insulting comment on Hazrat Muhammad in a Facebook post yesterday (July 14). Some agitated people started protesting in front of his house this afternoon. At one stage, they set fire to a room in Akash Saha’s house,” the inspector said.

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Several police units and senior officers rushed to the village in Lohagora upazila of Narail district after receiving information about the incident and detained Akash Saha and his father, he added.

“Akash Saha and his father are being questioned. Legal action will be taken subject to investigation,” the officer stated.

The police, native officers and political leaders went to the spot and tried to defuse the state of affairs. Senior police officers additionally visited the world later final night time.

“We are continuously working with the administration to prevent any untoward situation,” Dighalia Union Parishad Chairman Syed Borhan Uddin stated.

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Since Akash was on the run, his father was stored in custody to search out out his whereabouts, one other official informed India Today TV.

Additional forces have been deployed to the world to stop additional violence.

Earlier on June 18, a school principal in Narail, additionally a Hindu, was pressured to put on a garland of sneakers within the presence of the native police after some college students and locals accused him of supporting a scholar who posted an image of Nupur Sharma on Facebook. Nupur Sharma, caught within the eye of a global controversy over her remarks on the Prophet on a TV channel, was subsequently suspended by the BJP.

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