Brahmanbaria: Two cases were filed over the desecration on Hindu temples in Haripur union of Nasirnagar upazila during a demonstration allegedly over a Facebook post demeaning the Holy Kaaba.

Kajal Datta and Nirmal Chowdhury filed the cases with Nasirnagar Police Station against 500 anonymous people on Sunday night, said Abdul Kader, officer-in-charge of the police station.

Police have also detained eight people in this connection.

Earlier on Sunday, several temples and houses were vandalised in Haripur union of Nasirnagar upazila during a demonstration allegedly over a Facebook post demeaning the holy Kaaba.

Chowdhury Moazzem Ahmed, upazila executive officer of Nasirnagar, said Ras Raj Das, 30, son of Jagannath Das of Harinber village, allegedly posted a photo on his Facebook wall on Saturday belittling the holy Kaaba.

Several thousand people, including activists of Hefajat-e-Islam and Ahle Sunnat, brought out separate rallies demanding capital punishment of the youth.

At one stage, the protesters vandalised some houses and temples.