Sagar Biswas :
Police are confident that the “distorted” picture of Kaaba Sharif was uploaded from a facebook page named Washim BD a few days before conducting synchronized attack on the Hindu community in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district.
Not only that, police have got enough evidences that the same distorted photo was also shared with the facebook IDs of some other persons in Comilla and Chandpur, two adjacent districts of Brahmanbaria, with an ill motivation to embarrass the government.
Police have claimed that, the Washim BD page also contains several other distorted pictures relating to the Islam and Sanatan religions. Security officials feared that these distorted pictures may be used in the future for creating further communal unrest.
Against this backdrop, the police are going to send a letter to the facebook authority through Bangladesh Telecommunication Regularatory Commission [BTRC] to identify the admin of Washim BD page and take action in this regard.
“The distorted picture which had instigated communal unrest at Nasirnagar was sent from a facebook page named Washim BD. The accused fisherman Rasraj Das did not understand what would be its consequence, if it was found in his facebook ID,” Deputy Inspector General of Police, Chittagong Range, Shafiqul Islam said on Saturday night. The DIG said: “The police investigators have found that there are several contents, particularly distorted photos, in that facebook page. We are apprehending that, these contents could be used in the future for creating social anarchy. We’ll write to the police headquarters about the matter, and the headquarters will forward it to BTRC for further action. The BTRC will take step to unfold the identity of Wasim BD admin,” he said.
Earlier, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Muhammed Sayedul Hoque, who was widely blamed for instigating the clash, quoting intelligence sources said that the picture was not uploaded from Nasirnagar by the accused fisherman Rasraj Das. When contacted, chairman of BTRC Shahjahan Mahmood told The New Nation Saturday night: “We usually take step, if the police inform us about any specific incident. In the same way, we’ll deal with the Nasirnagar incident. In this particular case, we’ve yet not get any letter from the police.”
Answering to a query, he said: “The police conduct investigation engaging its own experts. The process of police and BTRC investigation is not very different… We’ve an understanding with the facebook. If we lodge any compliant with the facebook, they usually consider our appeal.” On October 30, a group of religious zealots carried out a synchronised attack on the members of Hindu community in Brahmanbaria’s Nasirnagar upazila, vandalising around 100 homes and at least five temples and looting valuables. The attackers also beat up over 100 people of the minority community during the attack, according to the police.
