A Brahmanbaria court sentenced 13 people to four years imprisonment in a case filed over damaging temples and for carrying out arson attacks in Nasirnagar of Brahmanbaria in 2016.
Chief Judicial Magistrate of Brahmanbaria Mohammad Masud Parvez passed the order on Thursday (Mar 16) afternoon.
Court Inspector Didarul Alam confirmed the matter and said the court also fined the convicts Tk 2,000 each.
The convicts are-- Dewan Atiqur Rahman Ankhi, former chairman of Haripur Union Parishad, Idhu Mia, Mofizul Haque, Nazir Rahman, Md Mafuz Miah, Saiham Rabbi Shyam, Mukhles Mia, Mir Kashem, Tabarok Reza, Anis Miah, Khasru Miah, Sheikh Abdul Ahad and Sajib Chowdhury, all of them are residents of different areas of Nasirnagar Upazila. Among them, five convicts are now absconding.
According to case statement, on October 30, 2016, some 15 temples and 50 houses of Hindu community were vandalized centering the alleged Facebook post of one Rasaraj Das of Haripur union of the upazila 'denigrating Islam’.
BDST: 2017 HRS, MAR 16, 2023
MSK