Hindu households, temple attacked in Bangladesh

Attack on Hindus out of false FB defamation of Muhammad. Representational Pic. HE Archive.

PTI | Dhaka | May 5, 2014:: A mob of nearly 3,000 attacked Hindu households and a temple in eastern Bangladesh after two youths from the community allegedly insulted the Prophet Muhammad on Facebook. 

Police on Monday arrested 17 people, including the principal of Bagmara Madrasa, for the attack on the temple and over two dozen households at Homna in Comilla district, about 100km south east of Dhaka, last week. 

“We so far arrested 17 people and some of them made confessional statements regarding the attack. A manhunt is under way to arrest the rest of the culprits,” police chief of Homna, Aslam Shikdar said. 

He said suspected mastermind of the attack Nazrul Islam is still on the run. 

Minority Hindus are attacked again and again in Bangladesh on false…