Iqbal kept the Qur'an Sharif in the puja mandapa of Comilla
Iqbal kept the Qur'an Sharif in the puja mandapa of Comilla
The person who kept the Holy Quran Sharif in the puja mandapa in Comilla has been identified. His name is Iqbal Hossain (35). Father's name is Nur Ahmed Alam. The house is in Sujanagar area of Comilla city. Police sources said that Iqbal Hossain was identified after seeing the CCTV footage. Comilla Superintendent of Police Farooq Ahmed confirmed the identification of one person in the incident in the first light.
The police superintendent told Prothom Alo on Wednesday evening that this has made dramatic progress in the investigation of multiple agencies of the police. Attempts are being made to arrest the man.
The Holy Quran was seen in a temporary puja mandapa organized by Darpan Sangha on the north bank of Nanua Dighi in Comilla town on Wednesday morning, the eighth day of Durga Puja. A group of people then attacked the mandapa, accusing it of insulting the Qur'an. Massive vandalism was carried out there.
Due to this incident, the police clashed with a group of people who were going to attack Hindus in Hajiganj of Chandpur that day. Four people were killed there. The next day, Hindu temples, mandapas and shops in Noakhali's Begumganj were attacked and vandalized. Two people were killed in the attack. Later, Hindu settlements in Pirganj, Rangpur were attacked, vandalized, looted and houses set on fire. In many other parts of the country, Hindu temples, mandapas and other structures have been attacked.
According to Comilla police sources, several teams of Dhaka and Comilla police have launched an investigation in the last one week after the incident on Wednesday. CC camera footage was analyzed. After a long search, it has been confirmed about Iqbal Hossain.
Relevant police sources say that Iqbal Hossain is a vagabond. It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. Comilla Superintendent of Police Farooq Ahmed said details would be released tomorrow
Police have so far arrested at least four people as Iqbal's accomplices. Law enforcement thinks that once Iqbal is arrested, it will be possible to identify all those involved in the incident. On the morning of October 13, the Holy Quran was found in the mandapa on the bank of Nanuar Dighi in Comilla. This was followed by clashes and attacks in several parts of the country. Accused Iqbal's mother Bibi Amena Begum said he had three sons and two daughters. Iqbal is the greatest. He was born on August 8, 1990.
Comilla Superintendent of Police Farooq Ahmed told The Daily Star on Wednesday that Iqbal, 30, was the son of Nur Ahmed Alam of Muradpur-Laskarpukur area of Comilla city. Police are looking for him. Earlier, Comilla Superintendent of Police Farooq Ahmed confirmed to The Daily Star that he had received CCTV footage of the Qur'an being placed in the mandapa.
The police superintendent said, 'We got the video unimaginably. The person who kept the Qur'an Sharif by watching the video has been identified. Police are trying to catch the identifier.
He said that on the eighth day of Durga Puja on October 13, local Ikram Hossain called 999 to keep the Holy Quran in the puja mandapa on the bank of Nanuar Dighi in Comilla. Within minutes of receiving the call, Anwarul Azim, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kotwali Model Police Station, appeared in a CNG autorickshaw in civilian clothes. Local Fayez Ahmed went live in the incident. He was in exile now a mobile phone trader. As soon as it is broadcast live, it goes viral through various means.
He said that when the OC informed the senior officer about the incident on the phone at that time, Fayez gave the identity of the OC live and said that he would protest against the insult of Quran Sharif. This video is shared in different groups. The police superintendent said, "Ikram, who called 999, stayed in the vicinity of the puja mandapa all night and Iqbal was seen walking around the eastern Nanuwar with a hammer."
Violence erupted in several districts of the country as soon as the incident of desecration of the Qur'an at the Puja Mandap in Comilla came to light. A video of the incident was released on October 19 from neighboring countries. The video was handed over to miscreants in the capital's Pallabi on May 16 in a land dispute. Sahinuddin's assassination. At that time, someone recorded the video and released it through social media. Immediately after the incident, the law enforcement agencies arrested almost all the accused.
The video was later rumored to be a video of the murder of Hindu Mahajot activist Jatan Shah in Noakhali. Which was first spread on Facebook Messenger by an Indian citizen named Devdrita Bhowmik from Kolkata. Besides, another person named Devdas Mandal uploaded the video on Twitter from Kolkata. In the caption of the video, Devdas wrote, ‘Video footage of the murder of Hindu Mahajot activist Jatan Saha at the Puja Mandap in Noakhali, Bangladesh. Why aren't the culprits being arrested yet? '
Meanwhile, Begum Badrunnesa Government Women's College Assistant Professor Ruma Sarkar shared the video on Facebook. Later, he came on Facebook Live and said various anti-state things and spread provocative information. The RAB took him into custody for questioning as it feared that communal harmony might be destroyed.
Later, RAB filed a case against him under the Digital Security Act for spreading fake videos of religious incitement on social media Facebook. Elite Force RAB filed the case on Thursday morning.
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