A Dhaka tribunal today sentenced Mohammad Iqbal Hossain to 16 months in jail in a case filed for placing the Holy Quran at the Nanua Dighir Par puja mandap in Cumilla on October 13, 2021 and hurting people's religious sentiments
Puja mandaps protection: Bomb-disposal squads, armed police protection, and repeated government assurances of a "peaceful" Durga Puja were there but the shadows of last year's traumatic puja descend like a chill on this year's festivities.
Police are on the verge of completing probes into the 12 cases filed over the alleged desecration of the Holy Quran at a mandap during Durga puja in Cumilla city last year that triggered violence and led to attacks on Hindus.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said it is mandatory to install CCTV camera at all puja mandaps to ensure security during upcoming Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu Community.
Communal attack in Narail: a case filed against 250 unidentified people, three arrested (The Daily Star, July 18, 2022). This is yet another disturbing headline that highlights a pattern of violence against minority communities.