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Bangladesh: PBI detained UP member Swadhin over attacks on the Hindu homes
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DHAKA, 20 March, 2021 (TON): Union Parishad member Shahidul Islam Swadhin arrested by the Police Bureau of Investigation over links with the attacks on Hindu homes in Sunamganj’s Shalla Upazilla.
In the early hours on Saturday, Swadhin was picked from the Moulvibazar’s Kulara, said special SP Khaled Uz Zaman of thr PBI in Sylhet.
In a statement, he said, “Shahidul Islam Swadhin is the prime suspect in the attacks at Noagaon village in Shalla Upazila. He has been brought to the PBI's Sylhet office after his arrest.”
Supporters of a radical group attacked and vandalized around 70 Hindu households at the village on 17 March alleging insult to Islam in a Facebook post criticizing their leader Mamunul Haque, police said.
A total of 23 people, including Swadhin, have been arrested so far.
However, till the latest advancement, Swadhin was held as an ‘instigator’ of the attacks. He was named in a case filed by local Habibpur UP chairman the day after the attack.
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