bdnews24.com :
Police in Brahmanbarhia have sought a seven-day remand of Dewan Atiqur Rahman Akhi for allegedly organising the Nasirnagar hate attacks on Hindu homes and temples.
The request was made after the accused was produced before the Senior Judicial Magistrate’s Court around 11:45am on Friday, said Nasirnagar Police Station SI Ishtiaque Ahmed.
Ishtiaque, who is investigating the attacks, said police have requested ‘intensive interrogation’ of Akhi.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Saraf Uddin ordered him to jail, Ishtiaque said and added that the court did not set a date for the next hearing.
Police brought Akhi to Brahmanbarhia after his arrest in Dhaka on Thursday.
Ankhi is the chairman of Nasirnagar Upazila’s Haripur Union Parishad and is a former member of the Juba League’s district committee. He also runs a liquor cartel.
At least 15 temples and hundreds of homes were vandalised and looted at Nasirnagar over a Facebook post reportedly ‘insulting Islam’.
Ankhi’s involvement in the violence was revealed by a bdnews24.com investigation into the Oct 30 attacks.
Police in Brahmanbarhia have sought a seven-day remand of Dewan Atiqur Rahman Akhi for allegedly organising the Nasirnagar hate attacks on Hindu homes and temples.
The request was made after the accused was produced before the Senior Judicial Magistrate’s Court around 11:45am on Friday, said Nasirnagar Police Station SI Ishtiaque Ahmed.
Ishtiaque, who is investigating the attacks, said police have requested ‘intensive interrogation’ of Akhi.
Senior Judicial Magistrate Saraf Uddin ordered him to jail, Ishtiaque said and added that the court did not set a date for the next hearing.
Police brought Akhi to Brahmanbarhia after his arrest in Dhaka on Thursday.
Ankhi is the chairman of Nasirnagar Upazila’s Haripur Union Parishad and is a former member of the Juba League’s district committee. He also runs a liquor cartel.
At least 15 temples and hundreds of homes were vandalised and looted at Nasirnagar over a Facebook post reportedly ‘insulting Islam’.
Ankhi’s involvement in the violence was revealed by a bdnews24.com investigation into the Oct 30 attacks.
