Staff Report :
Police on Monday submitted the probe report on Nasirnagar attacks, recommending punitive measures against two of their officials for negligence in duties.
Mohammad Shakhawat Hossain, chief of the probe body and additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Chittagong Range, submitted the report to the police headquarters in the afternoon.
“We have submitted the report to the Police Headquarters today enclosing findings of the investigation,” Mohammad Shakhawat Hossain told The New Nation on Monday night confirming the matter.
When asked, he declined to disclose the details of the report saying that the Police Headquarters would brief the journalists in a day or two in this regard.
Earlier, the Police Headquarters formed the probe body to investigate into the attacks and vandalism of Hindu temples and houses at Nasirnagar in Brahmanbaria.
Sources in the Police Headquarters, however, said, the probe body has suggested actions against two police officials as it found negligence in their duties during the attacks.
The body also found an intra-party feud among the local ruling party men who provoked another group to go for the attacks on the Hindu community in Nasirnagar.
The report identified some 15-20 persons as instigators and attackers on the Hindu Community.
On October 30, religious zealots, armed with sticks and sharp weapons, went berserk for around two hours rampaging in Duttabari, Goura Mandir, Jagannath Mandir and Kashipara Mandir in Brahmanbaria’s Nasirnagar and ransacked over 100 Hindu houses and looted them over a Facebook post that allegedly hurt Muslim sentiment.
At least 58 families were affected and 17 temples were either damaged or looted in at least eight Hindu-dominated areas that day
