Miscreants burn five Hindu houses in Brahmanbaria
Brahmanbaria: Four days into the attack on Hindu temples and houses in several localities of Nasirnagar upazila, a gang of miscreants set fire to five Hindu houses at the upazila in Brahmanbaria in the early hours of Friday.
The miscreants set two houses of Pashchimpara and three houses of Dhakkhinpara on fire at the upazila at about 3:00am.
Nasirnagar police Officer-in-charge Shawkat Hossain said miscreants put fire to the cattle barns and kitchens of the houses in a time between 2:30am to 3:00am. However, no damages were reported.
Earlier on 30 October, several temples and houses were vandalised in Haripur union of Nasirnagar upazila during a demonstration allegedly over a Facebook post demeaning the holy Kaaba.
Rasraj Das, in his thirties, of Harinber village, allegedly posted a photo on his Facebook wall belittling the holy Kaaba on 29 October.
Several thousand people, including activists of Hefajat-e-Islam and Ahle Sunnat, brought out separate rallies demanding capital punishment of the young man.
At one stage, the protesters vandalised some houses and temples.
However, two cases were filed against 500 anonymous people with Nasirnagar police over the desecration on Hindu temples on 31 October.