Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested four more people in connection with the lynching of a man for ‘disrespecting holy Quran’ at Burimari of Lalmonirhat. The people were arrested from different parts of Patgram upazila on Saturday night.
The arrestees were identified as Hasanur Rahman, 25, Md Abdur Rahim, 23, Sohel Rana, 22, and Mainul Islam, 26.
So far, a total of 28 people have been arrested in three separate cases filed over the lynching. Of them, 18 were sent to jail while nine were placed in remand. DB Police arrested prime accused Abul Hossain, 45, from Kuril Biswa Road in the capital early on Saturday. Besides, two more accused in the case, including the Khadem of Burigram Jame-e-Mosque, gave confessional statement before a Lalmonirhat court on Saturday.
On October 29, Shahidunnabi Jewel, a former librarian of Rangpur Cantonment Public School and College, was beaten to death by a mob at Patgram upazila after some people accused him of ‘disrespecting the holy Quran’. They also burned his body.
Saiful Islam, a cousin of Jewel, filed a case with Patgram Police Station on October 31. Besides, two more cases were filed in this connection.
A three-member probe body was formed over the incident.