AMN /
Police in Bangladesh have detained 33 more people in overnight drives across Brahmanbaria district for their alleged involvement in the attack on minority Hindu community on 30th October. With last nights’s detentions, police have picked up a total of 48 people in connection with the attack, according to Brahmanbaria Superintendent of Police Mizanur Rahman.
Meanwhile, 3 local leaders of ruling Awami League were temporarily expelled from the party yesterday pending an investigation into their roles in the attack. The expulsion came hours after six more Hindu houses were set ablaze yesterday. The Brahmanbaria district unit of Awami League has formed a 5-member investigation team into the issue.
Meanwhile, protests have erupted in the capital and in some parts across the country demanding strict action against those who instigated and participated in the 2 mayhem attacks in which over 100 Hindus homes and several temples were vandalised on October 30 and November 3rd. Since yesterday’s attack security has been further tightened. After the first attack, a team of the central committee of the Awami League had visited the area under the directions of the Prime minister and had assured the affected families of all support.
Brahmanbaria Superintendent of Police Mizanur Rahman has said with last nights’s detentions, police have picked up a total of 48 people in connection with the attack . Meanwhile 3 leaders of Nasirnagar unit of ruling Awami League were temporarily expelled yesterday from the party hours after six more houses were set ablaze. A five-member team is investigating their role in the mayhem.
In the capital and in some other parts of the country several protests have erupted demanding strict action against those who instigated and participated both the October 30 and Nov 3rd attack s. National Human Rights probe team has already said the Oct 30 th attack was pre-planned aimed at grabbing land of the Hindu families.